MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Halistemma Huxley, 1859

WoRMS taxon details

Halistemma Huxley, 1859

AphiaID

135389 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135389)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Agalma rubra Vogt, 1852 accepted as Halistemma rubrum (Vogt, 1852) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Agalmatidae Brandt, 1835

Synonymised names

Nectalia Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted

Paragalma Margulis, 1976 · unaccepted

Direct children (10)

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Species Halistemma cupulifera Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908
Species Halistemma foliacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Halistemma maculatum Pugh & Baxter, 2014
Species Halistemma rubrum (Vogt, 1852)
Species Halistemma striata Totton, 1965
Species Halistemma transliratum Pugh & Youngbluth, 1988
Species Halistemma amphytridis (Lesueur & Petit, 1807) accepted as Stephanomia amphytridis Lesueur & Petit, 1807
Species Halistemma pictum Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871 accepted as Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1844) (subjective synonym)
Species Halistemma punctatum (Kölliker, 1853) accepted as Halistemma rubrum (Vogt, 1852) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Halistemma tergestinum Claus, 1878 accepted as Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1844) (subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 129 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halistemma Huxley, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135389 on 2025-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2012-10-19 14:09:18Z

changed

Mapstone, Gill

2014-01-02 11:02:58Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 129 [details]

original description (of Paragalma Margulis, 1976) Margulis, R. Ya. 1976. New genera of the suborder Physophorae from the Indian Ocean. Zool. Zh. 55 (8): 1244-1246. (In Russian).
page(s): 1244 [details]

original description (of Nectalia Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 41 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Pugh, P. R.; Baxter, E. J. (2014). A review of the physonect siphonophore genera Halistemma (Family Agalmatidae) and Stephanomia (Family Stephanomiidae). Zootaxa. 3897(1): 1., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03897p111f.pdf [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Pugh, P. R.; Baxter, E. J. (2014). A review of the physonect siphonophore genera Halistemma (Family Agalmatidae) and Stephanomia (Family Stephanomiidae). Zootaxa. 3897(1): 1., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03897p111f.pdf [details]

Other

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

additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 1-868.
page(s): 482 [details]

additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 56 [details]

additional source Pugh, P. R. 2006. The taxonomic status of the genus Moseria (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Zootaxa 26: 1-42.
page(s): 3 [details]