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

Pegantha Haeckel, 1879

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eurystoma*	Kölliker, 1853	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Polycolpa*	Haeckel, 1879	synonym
*Polyxenia*	Eschscholtz, 1829	synonym; nom. dub.

Children

Pegantha clara R.P. Bigelow, 1909
Pegantha mollicina (Forsskål, 1775)
Pegantha rubiginosa (Kölliker, 1853)
Pegantha triloba Haeckel, 1879
Pegantha zonaria (Haeckel, 1879)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ペガンサ属

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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Pegantha 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:117238