Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina

Leptothecata Cornelius, 1992

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

*Conica*	Broch, 1910	synonym
*Proboscoida*	Broch, 1910	synonym

Children

Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829
Barcinidae Gili, Bouillon, Pagès, Palanques & Puig, 1999
Bonneviellidae Broch, 1909
Campanulariida
Campanulinida
Cirrholoveniidae Bouillon, 1984
Dipleurosomatidae Boeck, 1868
Haleciidae Hincks, 1868
Hebellidae Fraser, 1912
Lafoeidae Hincks, 1868
Laodiceidae Agassiz, 1862
Malagazziidae Bouillon, 1984
Melicertidae Agassiz, 1862
Mitrocomidae Haeckel, 1879
Orchistomatidae Bouillon, 1984
Phialellidae Russell, 1953
Plumularioidea McCrady, 1859
Sertularioidea Lamouroux, 1812
Symplectoscyphidae Maronna et al., 2016
Syntheciidae Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890
Teclaiidae Bouillon et al., 2000
Tiarannidae Russell, 1940
Tiaropsidae Boero, Bouillon & Danovaro, 1987
Zygophylacidae Quelch, 1885

Literature

original description	Cornelius, P.F.S., 1992. Medusa loss in leptolid Hydrozoan (Cnidaria) hydroid rafting, and abbreviated life-cycles among their remote-island faunae: an interim review. In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2-3: 245-261.
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