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

Stephanomiidae Huxley, 1859

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

Stephanomiadae Huxley, 1859 synonym

Children

Stephanomia Lesueur & Petit, 1807

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Japanese: オオダイダイクダクラゲ科

Literature

basis of record

Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50.

redescription

Pugh, P. R.; Baxter, E. J. (2014). A review of the physonect siphonophore genera Halistemma (Family Agalmatidae) and Stephanomia (Family Stephanomiidae). Zootaxa. 3897(1): 1.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Stephanomiidae Huxley, 1859. 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:827768

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-10-26 by Peter Schuchert

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