Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Superfamily Plumularioidea > Family Aglaopheniidae > Genus Aglaophenia

Aglaophenia octodonta (Heller, 1868)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Plumularia Lamarck, 1816

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aglaophenia*	Lamouroux, 1812	accepted genus name
*Anisocalyx*	Costa, 1842	synonym

Literature

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	Svoboda, A. & P.F.S. Cornelius, 1991. The European and Mediterranean species of Aglaophenia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Zool. Verh., Leiden 274 : 1-72.
status source	Moura, C. J.; Cunha, M. R.; Porteiro, F. M.; Rogers, A. D. (2012). A molecular phylogenetic appraisal of the systematics of the Aglaopheniidae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa, Leptothecata) from the north-east Atlantic and west Mediterranean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 164(4): 717-727.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aglaophenia octodonta (Heller, 1868). 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:117280