Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Trachylinae > Order Trachymedusae > Family Rhopalonematidae

Aglantha Haeckel, 1879

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Circe*	Brandt, 1835	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Agliscra*	Haeckel, 1879	synonym

Children

Aglantha digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Aglantha elata (Haeckel, 1879)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ツリガネクラゲ属

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	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	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
additional source	Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76.
subsequent type designation	Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K. 40: 1-469.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Aglantha 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:117212

Dr. Wim Vervoort. Aglantha Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c486e793-a1ee-43d8-b245-69b7a046b424