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

Pegantha clara R.P. Bigelow, 1909

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pegantha*	Haeckel, 1879	accepted genus name
*Eurystoma*	Kölliker, 1853	junior homonym
*Polycolpa*	Haeckel, 1879	synonym
*Polyxenia*	Eschscholtz, 1829	synonym

Literature

original description	Bigelow R.P. (1909). A new Narcomedusa for the North Atlantic. Biological bulletin of the Marine Biological Laboratory / Woods Hole. 16(2): 80-82.
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	Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101.
additional source	Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. Bolm Inst. Oceanogr. 39(1): 25-60.
identification resource	Schuchert P., Collins R. (2024). Additional observations on hydromedusae during night dives in the Gulf Stream. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 131(1): 43-120.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pegantha clara R.P. Bigelow, 1909. 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:117942