Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Superfamily Rathkeoidea > Family Rathkeidae

Lizzia Forbes, 1846

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dysmorphosa (Gastroblastus)*	Haeckel, 1879	synonym

Children

Lizzia blondina Forbes, 1848
Lizzia hyalina (Van Beneden, 1867)
Lizzia octostyla (Haeckel, 1879)

Literature

original description	Forbes, E., 1846. On the pulmograde medusae of the British seas. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 18 : 284-287.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
redescription	Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 114: 195-396.
biology source	Schuchert, P. (2019). The hydroid of the medusa Lizzia blondina Forbes, 1848. Marine Biodiversity.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lizzia Forbes, 1846. 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:117021