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Leptothecata

13552  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:13552)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Leptothecata (Order)
Cornelius, 1992
accepted
Order
Calyptoblastina † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Conica · unaccepted (polyphyletic assemblage)
Leptomedusae · alternative representation (synonym)
Leptothecatae · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling...)  
incorrect subsequent spelling variant of Leptothecata Cornelius, 1992
Proboscoida · unaccepted (polyphyletic assemblage)
Thecaphora · unaccepted (synonym)
Thecata · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Family Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829
  2. Family Barcinidae Gili, Bouillon, Pagès, Palanques & Puig, 1999
  3. Family Blackfordiidae Bouillon, 1984
  4. Family Bonneviellidae Broch, 1909
  5. Family Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836
  6. Family Campanulinidae Hincks, 1868
  7. Family Cirrholoveniidae Bouillon, 1984
  8. Family Clathrozoidae Stechow, 1921
  9. Family Dipleurosomatidae Boeck, 1868
  10. Family Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879
  11. Family Gonaxiidae Maggioni, 2021
  12. Family Haleciidae Hincks, 1868
  13. Family Hebellidae Fraser, 1912
  14. Family Lafoeidae Hincks, 1868
  15. Family Laodiceidae Agassiz, 1862
  16. Family Lineolariidae Allman, 1864
  17. Family Lovenellidae Russell, 1953
  18. Family Malagazziidae Bouillon, 1984
  19. Family Melicertidae Agassiz, 1862
  20. Family Mitrocomidae Haeckel, 1879
  21. Family Octocannoididae Bouillon, Boero & Seghers, 1991
  22. Family Orchistomatidae Bouillon, 1984
  23. Family Palaequoreidae Adler & Roeper, 2012 †
  24. Family Phialellidae Russell, 1953
  25. Family Phialuciidae Kramp, 1955
  26. Superfamily Plumularioidea McCrady, 1859
  27. Superfamily Sertularioidea Lamouroux, 1812
  28. Family Staurothecidae Maronna et al., 2016
  29. Family Sugiuridae Bouillon, 1984
  30. Family Symplectoscyphidae Maronna et al., 2016
  31. Family Syntheciidae Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890
  32. Family Teclaiidae Bouillon et al., 2000
  33. Family Tiarannidae Russell, 1940
  34. Family Tiaropsidae Boero, Bouillon & Danovaro, 1987
  35. Family Wuvulidae Schuchert & Collins, 2021
  36. Family Zygophylacidae Quelch, 1885
  37. Family Aequoridae Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, spelling variant)
  38. Family Berenicidae Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Dipleurosomatidae Boeck, 1868 (not in use)
  39. Family Cannotidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Dipleurosomatidae Boeck, 1868 (synonym)
  40. Subfamily Clathrozoinae Stechow, 1921 accepted as Clathrozoidae Stechow, 1921
  41. Family Clathrozonidae Hirohito, 1967 accepted as Clathrozoidae Stechow, 1921 (spelling error)
  42. Suborder Conica accepted as Leptothecata (polyphyletic assemblage)
  43. Family Dipleurosomidae Boeck, 1866 accepted as Dipleurosomatidae Boeck, 1868 (incorrect name formation)
  44. Family Eucheilotidae Bouillon, 1984 accepted as Lovenellidae Russell, 1953 (synonym)
  45. Family Eucopidae Gegenbaur, 1857 accepted as Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836 (synonym)
  46. Family Eutimidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879
  47. Family Hydrocerathinidae Spencer, 1891 accepted as Clathrozoidae Stechow, 1921 (incorrectly formed family name as not based on an existing genus)
  48. Family Irenidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879 (incorrect name formation)
  49. Family Obelidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836 (synonym)
  50. Family Orchistomidae Bouillon, 1984 accepted as Orchistomatidae Bouillon, 1984 (incorrect formation of family name)
  51. Family Phialidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Lovenellidae Russell, 1953 (synonym)
  52. Family Polycannidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
  53. Suborder Proboscoida accepted as Leptothecata (polyphyletic assemblage)
  54. Family Sertulariae Lamouroux, 1812 accepted as Sertulariidae Lamouroux, 1812 (incorrect family name suffix)
  55. Family Zygocannidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
  56. Suborder Leptothecata incertae sedis (temporary name)
  57. Family Octocannidae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Malagazziidae Bouillon, 1984 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Cornelius, P.F.S., 1992. Medusa loss in leptolid Hydrozoan (Cnidaria) hydroid rafting, and abbreviated life-cycles among their remote-island faunae: an interim review. In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2-3: 245-261.
page(s): 245 [details] 
Taxonomy The original spelling in Cornelius (1992) was Leptothecata. Cornelius (1995a) changed the spelling to Leptothecatae, which...  
Taxonomy The original spelling in Cornelius (1992) was Leptothecata. Cornelius (1995a) changed the spelling to Leptothecatae, which seems unnecessary.
The subdivision of the Leptothecata into Conica and Proboscoida is not based on monophyletic groups (Leclère et al, 2007)  [details]
WoRMS (2024). Leptothecata. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13552 on 2024-11-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2009-05-14 14:43:31Z
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Schuchert, Peter
2009-05-15 08:50:37Z
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Schuchert, Peter
2015-06-18 11:20:01Z
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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Cornelius, P.F.S., 1992. Medusa loss in leptolid Hydrozoan (Cnidaria) hydroid rafting, and abbreviated life-cycles among their remote-island faunae: an interim review. In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2-3: 245-261.
page(s): 245 [details] 

original description (of Conica) Broch, H. 1910. Die Hydroiden der Arktischen Meere. - Fauna Arctica 5: 127-248, plates 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7161644
page(s): 132 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Proboscoida) Broch, H. 1910. Die Hydroiden der Arktischen Meere. - Fauna Arctica 5: 127-248, plates 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7161644
page(s): 132 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leptomedusae) Haeckel, E. (1866). Generelle morphologie der Organismen. Allgemeine Grundzüge der organischen Formen-wissenschaft, mechanisch begründet durch die von Charles Darwin reformirte Descendenztheorie, von Ernst Haeckel. Berlin,G. Reimer. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.3953
page(s): LVII [details] 

original description (of Thecata) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 538 [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. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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Taxonomy The original spelling in Cornelius (1992) was Leptothecata. Cornelius (1995a) changed the spelling to Leptothecatae, which seems unnecessary.
The subdivision of the Leptothecata into Conica and Proboscoida is not based on monophyletic groups (Leclère et al, 2007)  [details]
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LanguageName 
Japanese 軟クラゲ目 [from synonym]  [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptothecata) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Thecaphora) (from synonym Thecaphora)
To Genbank (from synonym Leptothecatae)
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Leptomedusae)
To Genbank (from synonym Thecata)
To Genbank (from synonym Thecaphora)
To The Arctic Traits Database (0 traits) 
To ITIS
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