UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)

URMO taxon details

Limnocnida G�nther, 1893

from Gther (1893)

AphiaID

267554 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267554)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Limnocnida tanganjicae G�nther, 1893 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Olindiidae Haeckel, 1879

Original name

Limnocnida G�nther, 1893

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Species Limnocnida biharensis Firoz-Ahmad, Sen, Mishra & Bharti, 1986
Species Limnocnida congoensis Bouillon, 1957
Species Limnocnida nepalensis Dumont, 1976
Species Limnocnida tanganjicae G�nther, 1893
Species Limnocnida victoriae G�nther, 1907
Species Limnocnida cymodocea Jordaan, 1934 accepted as Limnocnida victoriae G�nther, 1907 (synonym)
Species Limnocnida rhodesiae Boulenger, 1912 accepted as Limnocnida victoriae G�nther, 1907 (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

G�nther, R.T., 1893. Preliminary account of the fresh-water medusa of Lake Tanganyika (Limnocnida tanganyicae). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. -611 : 269-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344603
page(s): 274 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Limnocnida G?nther, 1893. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267554 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Limnocnida G�nther, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267554 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-03-11 07:10:22Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2012-07-20 12:51:30Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-09-15 14:12:07Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description G�nther, R.T., 1893. Preliminary account of the fresh-water medusa of Lake Tanganyika (Limnocnida tanganyicae). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. -611 : 269-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344603
page(s): 274 [details]

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

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Oca�a, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.S�nchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

redescription Bouillon J. (1957a). �tude monographique du genre Limnocnida. (Limnom�duse). <em>Annales de la Soci�t� royale zoologique de Belgique.</em> 87(2): 254-500. [details] Available for editors

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