Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Trachylinae > Order Trachymedusae > Family Ptychogastriidae > Genus Ptychogastria

Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ptychogastria*	Allman, 1878	accepted genus name
*Pectanthis*	Haeckel, 1879	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ソコクラゲ

Literature

original description	Allman, G.J., 1878. Hydrozoa. In: G.S. Nares, Narrative of a voyage to the Polar sea during 1875-76, in H.M.S. Alert and Discovery. With notes on the natural history, edited by H.W. Feilden: 2 : 290-292.
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	Grange, L. J.; Smith, C. R.; Lindsay, D. J.; Bentlage, B.; Youngbluth, M. J. (2017). High Abundance of the Epibenthic Trachymedusa Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878 (Hydrozoa, Trachylina) in Subpolar Fjords along the West Antarctic Peninsula. PLOS ONE. 12(1): e0168648.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
redescription	Browne, E. T. (1903). Report on some medusae from Norway and Spitzbergen. Bergens Museum Aarbog. 1903(4): 1-36, pls 1-5.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Ptychogastria polaris Allman, 1878. 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:117846