WoRMS taxon details
Laodiceidae Agassiz, 1862
1610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1610)
accepted
Family
- Genus Guillea Bouillon et al., 2000
- Genus Laodicea Lesson, 1843
- Genus Ptychogena A. Agassiz, 1865
- Genus Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879
- Genus Cladocanna Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Toxorchis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
- Genus Laodice Lesson, 1843 accepted as Laodicea Lesson, 1843 (invalid non-latin name)
- Genus Melicertella Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Melicertissa Haeckel, 1879
- Genus Octorhopalon von Lendenfeld, 1885 accepted as Laodicea Lesson, 1843 (synonym)
- Genus Staurodiscalma Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
- Genus Staurodiscema Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
- Genus Staurophora Brandt, 1834 accepted as Staurostoma Haeckel, 1879 (preoccupied by Staurophora Reichenbach, 1817 [Lepidoptera])
- Genus Toxorchis Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Staurodiscus Haeckel, 1879 (synonym)
- Genus Octonema Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, terrestrial
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 350 [details]
page(s): 350 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Laodiceidae Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1610 on 2025-06-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 350 [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]
page(s): 350 [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Medusa with marginal cordyli, cordyli with or without nematocysts; with or without marginal cirri; with four or eight simple radial canals; marginal tentacles hollow; gonads on radial canals, on radial canals and lobes of manubrium, or on manubrial pouches; with or without adaxial ocelli; without statocysts.Hydroid colony stolonal, hydrotheca sessile, tubular, turning gradually into a pyramidal operculum formed by numerous converging flaps, with visible crease-line basally; hydrotheca often with transversal growth-rings, sometimes with basal constriction at origin, or exceptionally a poorly delimited pedicel; hydranth without intertentacular web, tentacles amphicoronate; gonotheca like hydrotheca but larger. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヤワラクラゲ科 | [details] |
