Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Superfamily Rathkeoidea > Family Rathkeidae > Genus Lizzia

Lizzia octostyla (Haeckel, 1879)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Dysmorphosa Philippi, 1842

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lizzia*	Forbes, 1846	accepted genus name
*Dysmorphosa (Gastroblastus)*	Haeckel, 1879	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
additional source	Wang, C.; Xu, Z.; Huang, J.; Guo, D.; Lin, M.; Xia, Z. (2016). Taxonomic notes on Hydroidomedusae (Cnidaria) from South China Sea III: Family Rathkeidae and Zancleopsidae. Zoological Systematics. 41(4): 392-403.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
redescription	Schuchert, P. (2007). The European athecate hydroids and their medusae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria): Filifera part 2. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 114: 195-396.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lizzia octostyla (Haeckel, 1879). 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:117347