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

Mitrocomidae Haeckel, 1879

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cosmetira Forbes, 1848
Cyclocanna Bigelow, 1918
Earleria Collins, Ross, Genzano & Mianzan, 2006
Halopsis Agassiz, 1865
Mitrocoma Haeckel, 1864
Mitrocomella Haeckel, 1879

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クロメカキクラゲ科

Literature

original description	Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates.
basis of record	Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. Thalassia Salent. 24: 47-296
redescription	Kramp, P. L. (1932). A revision of the medusae belonging to family Mitrocomidae. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København. 92: 305-383, pl. 10.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Mitrocomidae 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:14665