MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Aeginura Haeckel, 1879

WoRMS taxon details

Aeginura Haeckel, 1879

Aeginura grimaldii, Pacific Ocean, photo by K. Raskoff

AphiaID

116996 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116996)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Aeginura myosura Haeckel, 1879 (type by monotypy)

Typetaxon of

Aeginuridae Haeckel, 1879

Parent

Aeginidae Gegenbaur, 1857

Original name

Aeginura Haeckel, 1879

Synonymised names

Cunoctona Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Aeginura beebei Bigelow, 1940
Species Aeginura grimaldii Maas, 1904
Species Aeginura incisa Mayer, 1910 accepted as Aeginura grimaldii Maas, 1904 (possible synonym)
Species Aeginura weberi Maas, 1905 accepted as Aeginura grimaldii Maas, 1904 (synonym)
Species Aeginura lanzarotae (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Aeginura myosura Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Aeginura nausithoe (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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): 343 [details]

Type data

Note Type species is Aeginura myosura Haeckel, 1879...

Type species Type species is Aeginura myosura Haeckel, 1879 by monotypy and not A. grimaldii as given in Kramp (1961) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aeginura Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116996 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2006-09-04 10:51:58Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-06-25 10:42:00Z

checked

Schuchert, Peter

2015-04-16 12:23:12Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-12-20 08:15:24Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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): 343 [details]

original description (of Cunoctona Haeckel, 1879) 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): 317 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

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

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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