Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Superfamily Plumularioidea > Family Aglaopheniidae

Aglaophenia Lamouroux, 1812

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anisocalyx*	Costa, 1842	synonym

Children

Aglaophenia acacia Allman, 1883
Aglaophenia elongata Meneghini, 1845
Aglaophenia harpago Schenck, 1965
Aglaophenia kirchenpaueri (Heller, 1868)
Aglaophenia latecarinata Allman, 1877
Aglaophenia lophocarpa Allman, 1877
Aglaophenia octodonta (Heller, 1868)
Aglaophenia parvula Bale, 1882
Aglaophenia picardi Svoboda, 1979
Aglaophenia pluma (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aglaophenia tubiformis Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890
Aglaophenia tubulifera (Hincks, 1861)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: feather hydroids; plume hydroids sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Federpolypen; Nesselfarne; Nesselpolypen sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: シロガヤ属

Literature

original description	Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Société Philosophique, 3: 181-188
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
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aglaophenia Lamouroux, 1812. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116999