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

Aeginopsis laurentii Brandt, 1838

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aeginopsis*	Brandt, 1835	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Aeginopsis mertensii*	Haeckel, 1879	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ハッポウクラゲモドキ

Literature

original description	Brandt, J. F. (1838a). Ausführliche Beschreibung der von C. H. Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schwimmquallen. Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. (6)2: 237-412.
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).
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.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aeginopsis laurentii Brandt, 1838. 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:117265

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Aeginopsis laurentii Brandt, 1838. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/4dc6a36e-e8ef-4d99-a2e9-0f611e185d0a