Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Suborder Campanulinida > Superfamily Eirenoidea

Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dianaea Lamarck, 1816
Eirene Eschscholtz, 1829
Eugymnanthea Palombi, 1936
Eutima McCrady, 1859
Eutimalphes Haeckel, 1879
Eutonina Hartlaub, 1897
Helgicirrha Hartlaub, 1909
Irenium Haeckel, 1879
Neotima Petersen, 1962
Phialopsis Torrey, 1909
Tima Eschscholtz, 1829

Literature

original description	Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates.
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

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879. 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:15378

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8a9a5fd5-8b9a-49f4-9b46-4aa9297518d0