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Narcomedusae

Solmundaegina nematophora, San Juan Islands, USA

AphiaID

16349 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:16349)

Classification

Authority

Haeckel, 1879

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Trachylinae

Original name

Narcomedusae

Synonymised names

Thalassanthae · unaccepted

Direct children (14)

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Family Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857
Family Csiromedusidae Gershwin & Zeidler, 2010
Family Cuninidae Bigelow, 1913
Family Pseudaeginidae Lindsay, Bentlage & Collins, 2017
Family Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Solmundaeginidae Lindsay, Bentlage & Collins, 2017
Family Tetraplatiidae Collins et al., 2008
Family Aeginetidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
Family Aeginodoridae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Cuninidae Bigelow, 1913 (synonym)
Family Aeginuridae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
Family Cunanthidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857 (synonym)
Family Peganthidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
Family Solmaridae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879 (incorrect name formation)
Family Solmonetidae Haeckel, 1979 accepted as Solmarisidae Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 299 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Narcomedusae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=16349 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-04-29 13:54:41Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2016-10-31 07:53:57Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2016-11-18 07:24:25Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 299 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis
Hydrozoa without polyp stage or only very reduced and modified polyp stage.
Meduse with bell composed of a lens-shaped mass of jelly and much thinner sides, tentacles inserting above bell margin, no tentacular bulbs, bell margin lobed, stomach big, not forming a distinct manubrium, without radial canals; Statocysts almost always external, of endo-ectodermal origin.
Some abberrant forms without bell, wormlike, with four swimming lappets.
No stenoteles. Predominantly forms of the open sea and deeper waters. [details]

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