CaRMS taxon details
Trachymedusae
16350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16350)
Haeckel, 1866
accepted
Order
- Family Halicreatidae Fewkes, 1886
- Family Ptychogastriidae Mayer, 1910
- Family Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haeckel, E. (1866). Generelle morphologie der Organismen. Allgemeine Grundzüge der organischen Formen-wissenschaft, mechanisch begründet durch die von Charles Darwin reformirte Descendenztheorie, von Ernst Haeckel. Berlin,G. Reimer. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3953
page(s): Vol. 2, p. LIX [details]
page(s): Vol. 2, p. LIX [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Trachymedusae. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16350 on 2025-05-01
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Trachymedusae. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16350 on 2025-05-01
Date
action
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
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original description
Haeckel, E. (1866). Generelle morphologie der Organismen. Allgemeine Grundzüge der organischen Formen-wissenschaft, mechanisch begründet durch die von Charles Darwin reformirte Descendenztheorie, von Ernst Haeckel. Berlin,G. Reimer. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3953
page(s): Vol. 2, p. LIX [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): Vol. 2, p. LIX [details]
basis of record Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]




From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Medusa bell hemispherical to higher than broad, margin not lobed, with ring of thickened tissue studded with nematocysts, mostly with 8 radial canals, 4, 6 or more than 8 also possible, gonads on radial canals or at junction of radial canals and manubrium, statocysts of endo-ectodermal origin. Polyp stage absent, development direct. Cnidome can include stenoteles. Predominantly forms of the open sea and deeper waters. [details]
Language | Name | |
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Japanese | 硬クラゲ目 | [details] |