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

Sarsia Lesson, 1843

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Sarsia densa (Hartlaub, 1897)
Sarsia lovenii (M. Sars, 1846)
Sarsia occulta Edwards, 1978
Sarsia ocellata Busch, 1851
Sarsia piriforma Edwards, 1983
Sarsia princeps (Haeckel, 1879)
Sarsia striata Edwards, 1983
Sarsia tubulosa (M. Sars, 1835)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: サルシアウミヒドラ属

Literature

original description	Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls.
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	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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
status source	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. Sarsia Lesson, 1843. 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:117070

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Sarsia Lesson, 1843. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c1867575-f068-4a74-8223-8ffe997a888a