Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Capitata > Superfamily Corynoidea

Corynidae Johnston, 1836

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Polyorchidae*	A. Agassiz, 1862	synonym

Children

Codonium Haeckel, 1879
Coryne Gaertner, 1774
Sarsia Lesson, 1843
Sarsiella Hartlaub, 1907
Slabberia Forbes, 1846
Spirocodon Haeckel, 1880
Stauridiosarsia Mayer, 1910

Literature

original description	Johnston G. (1836). A catalogue of the zoophytes of Berwickshire. History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. 1 : 107-108.
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. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296
additional source	Nawrocki, A. M., Schuchert, P., & Cartwright, P. 2010. Phylogenetics and evolution of Capitata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa), and the systematics of Corynidae. Zoologica Scripta 39(3): 290-304.
redescription	Schuchert, P. (2001). Survey of the family Corynidae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 108: 739-878.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Corynidae Johnston, 1836. 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:1599

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Corynidae Johnston, 1836. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/94aebb6a-f9c9-44c8-ab88-edf0cfd2226a