WoRMS taxon details
Pegantha Haeckel, 1879
117238 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117238)
accepted
Genus
Pegantha martagon Haeckel, 1879 (type by subsequent designation)
Eurystoma Kölliker, 1853 · unaccepted (invalid homonym of Eurystoma...)
invalid homonym of Eurystoma Rafinesque, 1818 and others
Otoporpa Xu & Zhang, 1978 · unaccepted (synonym)
Peganta · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pegantha (Peganthella) Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Pegantha (Peganthissa) Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Pegasia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (not in use)
Polycolpa Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polyxenia Eschscholtz, 1829 · uncertain > nomen dubium (not in use)
Solmoneta Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Pegantha clara R.P. Bigelow, 1909
- Species Pegantha laevis H.B. Bigelow, 1909
- Species Pegantha martagon Haeckel, 1879
- Species Pegantha polystriata (Xu & Zhang, 1978)
- Species Pegantha rubiginosa (Kölliker, 1853)
- Species Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879
- Subgenus Pegantha (Peganthella) Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Pegantha Haeckel, 1879
- Subgenus Pegantha (Peganthissa) Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Pegantha Haeckel, 1879
- Species Pegantha biloba Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879 (possible synonym)
- Species Pegantha dactyletra Maas, 1893 accepted as Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879 (possible synonym)
- Species Pegantha lunulata (Haeckel, 1879) accepted as Pegantha clara R.P. Bigelow, 1909 (possible synonym)
- Species Pegantha pantheon Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879 (possible synonym)
- Species Pegantha quadriloba Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879 (possible synonym)
- Species Pegantha simplex Bigelow, 1904 accepted as Pegantha martagon Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
- Species Pegantha smaragdina H.B. Bigelow, 1909 accepted as Pegantha clara R.P. Bigelow, 1909 (synonym)
- Species Pegantha aureola (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha cyanostylis (Eschscholtz, 1829) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha dodecagona (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha forskalii (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha godeffroyi (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha magnifica Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha mollicina (Forsskål, 1775) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha punctata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha sieboldii (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha weberi (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha zonaria (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Pegantha zonorchis (Haeckel, 1879) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 332 [details]
page(s): 332 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pegantha Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117238 on 2025-04-06
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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): 332 [details]
original description (of Eurystoma Kölliker, 1853) Kölliker, A., 1853. Bericht über einige im Herbste 1852 in Messina angestellte vergleichend-anatomische Untersuchungen. In: Gegenbaur, Kölliker & Müller, 1853. Z. wiss. Zool. 4 3-4: 298-370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14275422
page(s): 322 [details]
original description (of Pegantha (Peganthella) 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): 332 [details]
original description (of Pegantha (Peganthissa) 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): 332 [details]
original description (of Polyxenia Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]
original description (of Otoporpa Xu & Zhang, 1978) Xu Z.Z., Zhang J.B. (1978). On the Hydromedusae, Siphonophores and Scyphomedusae from the coast of the east Guangdong province and south Fujian province, China. Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science). 4: 19-64.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Pegasia Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 340 [details]
original description (of Solmoneta 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): 353 [details]
original description (of Polycolpa 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): 327 [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]
page(s): 332 [details]
original description (of Eurystoma Kölliker, 1853) Kölliker, A., 1853. Bericht über einige im Herbste 1852 in Messina angestellte vergleichend-anatomische Untersuchungen. In: Gegenbaur, Kölliker & Müller, 1853. Z. wiss. Zool. 4 3-4: 298-370., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14275422
page(s): 322 [details]
original description (of Pegantha (Peganthella) 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): 332 [details]
original description (of Pegantha (Peganthissa) 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): 332 [details]
original description (of Polyxenia Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 [details]
original description (of Otoporpa Xu & Zhang, 1978) Xu Z.Z., Zhang J.B. (1978). On the Hydromedusae, Siphonophores and Scyphomedusae from the coast of the east Guangdong province and south Fujian province, China. Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science). 4: 19-64.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pegasia Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 340 [details]
original description (of Solmoneta 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): 353 [details]
original description (of Polycolpa 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): 327 [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]
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]
Present From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Solmarisidae with gonads forming diverticula on margin of oral manubrium wall; with peripheral canal system; with otoporpae.[details]
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| Japanese | ペガンサ属 | [details] |
