WoRMS taxon details
Dissonema Haeckel, 1879
267395 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267395)
accepted
Genus
Dissonema saphenella Haeckel, 1879 (type by monotypy)
- Species Dissonema saphenella Haeckel, 1879
- Species Dissonema gaussi Vanhöffen, 1912 accepted as Halitiara gaussi (Vanhöffen, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Dissonema turrida Mayer, 1900 accepted as Amphinema turrida (Mayer, 1900) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 126 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
Status Taxonomic position unclear, could also belong to the Leptothecata or Protiaridae. Kramp (1961) regarded it as a doubtful...
Status Taxonomic position unclear, could also belong to the Leptothecata or Protiaridae. Kramp (1961) regarded it as a doubtful taxon, but is well defined and likely valid [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Dissonema Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267395 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 126 [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]
page(s): 126 [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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 98 [details]
additional source Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 98 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Pandeidae (?) medusa with two opposite tentacles; without marginal clubs or statocysts; bulbs with abaxial ocelli. Gonads extend from the manubrium outward along the radial canals. [details]Status Taxonomic position unclear, could also belong to the Leptothecata or Protiaridae. Kramp (1961) regarded it as a doubtful taxon, but is well defined and likely valid [details]
