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

Stegopoma Levinsen, 1893

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Stegopoma bathyale Vervoort, 1966
Stegopoma giganteum Ramil & Vervoort, 1992

Literature

original description	Levinsen, G.M.R. (1893). Meduser, Ctenophorer og Hydroider fra Grønlands Vestkyst, tilligemed Bemaerkninger om Hydroidernes Systematik. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København 1892. 143-212, 215-220, appendix, plates 5-8.
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
redescription	Edwards, C., 1973. The medusa Modeeria rotunda and its hydroid Stegopoma fastigiatum, with a review of Stegopoma and Stegolaria. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 53 3: 573-600.
status source	Schuchert P., Hosia A., Leclère L. (2017). Identiﬁcation of the polyp stage of three leptomedusa species using DNA barcoding. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 124(1): 167-182.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Stegopoma Levinsen, 1893. 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:117250