WoRMS taxon details
Aeginona Lindsay, 2017
1035134 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035134)
accepted
Genus
Aegina brunnea Vanhöffen, 1908 accepted as Aeginona brunnea (Vanhöffen, 1908) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lindsay, D. J.; Grossmann, M. M.; Bentlage, B.; Collins, A. G.; Minemizu, R.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Miyake, H.; Hidaka-Umetsu, M.; Nishikawa, J. (2017). The perils of online biogeographic databases: a case study with the ‘monospecific' genus Aegina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 13(5): 494-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1268261
page(s): 502 [details]
page(s): 502 [details]
Taxonomy Differences between Aegina and Aeginona: Aegina possesses a peripheral canal system while Aeginona not.
Taxonomy Differences between Aegina and Aeginona: Aegina possesses a peripheral canal system while Aeginona not. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aeginona Lindsay, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035134 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Lindsay, D. J.; Grossmann, M. M.; Bentlage, B.; Collins, A. G.; Minemizu, R.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Miyake, H.; Hidaka-Umetsu, M.; Nishikawa, J. (2017). The perils of online biogeographic databases: a case study with the ‘monospecific' genus Aegina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 13(5): 494-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1268261
page(s): 502 [details]
page(s): 502 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Lindsay, D. J.; Grossmann, M. M.; Bentlage, B.; Collins, A. G.; Minemizu, R.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Miyake, H.; Hidaka-Umetsu, M.; Nishikawa, J. (2017). The perils of online biogeographic databases: a case study with the ‘monospecific' genus Aegina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae). <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 13(5): 494-512., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2016.1268261 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Aeginidae with eight stomach pouches; without a peripheral canal system; with four primary tentacles; pouches begin at points of origin of primary tentacles; tentacle roots large, recurved orally, penetrating deep into central mesoglea; deep peronial grooves lined with nematocysts extending from margin to above points of origin of primary tentacles; without secondary tentacles on umbrella margin? without otoporpae? [details]Taxonomy Differences between Aegina and Aeginona: Aegina possesses a peripheral canal system while Aeginona not. [details]
