Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Trachylinae > Order Narcomedusae > Family Cuninidae

Cunina Eschscholtz, 1829

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cunoctantha*	Haeckel, 1879	synonym

Children

Cunina fowleri (Browne, 1906)
Cunina frugifera Kramp, 1948
Cunina globosa Eschscholtz, 1829
Cunina octonaria McCrady, 1859
Cunina polygonia (Haeckel, 1879)
Cunina proboscidea Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871
Cunina simplex Gili, Bouillon, Pagès, Palanques, Puig & Heussner, 1998
Cunina vitrea Gegenbaur, 1857

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヤドリクラゲ属

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	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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Cunina Eschscholtz, 1829. 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:117072