Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera

Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Corydendrium Van Beneden, 1844
Merona Norman, 1865
Oceania Kölliker, 1853
Similomerona Schuchert, 2004
Turritopsis McCrady, 1857

Literature

original description

Eschscholtz, F. 1829. System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.

basis of record

Boero, Ferdinando

redescription

Schuchert, P., 2004. Revision of the European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): families Oceanidae and Pachycordylidae. Rev. Suisse Zool. 111 2: 315-369.

status source

OPINION 2166 (Case 3304) Oceania Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): usage conserved by the designation of Oceania armata Kölliker, 1853 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological , March 2007, Vol. 64

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Citation

Schuchert, P. (2014). Oceaniidae Eschscholtz, 1829. In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:231678

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2009-07-11 by Peter Schuchert

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