World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS taxon details

Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Family Oceaniidae

AphiaID

231678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231678)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Filifera

Direct children (2)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

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Genus Rhizogeton Agassiz, 1862
Genus Turritopsis McCrady, 1857

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php/api-docs/docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231678 on 2026-04-24

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231678 on 2026-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-06-09 06:52:33Z

created

Boero, Ferdinando

2009-07-11 11:50:39Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2014-05-27 19:36:52Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

redescription Schuchert, P. (2004). Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 111 2: 315-369., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.80242 [details]

status source OPINION 2166 (Case 3304) Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): usage conserved by the designation of Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological , March 2007, Vol. 64, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34356071 [details] Available for editors