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Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836

Family Campanulariidae
Family Campanulariidae

1606  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1606)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Leptothecata (Order)
  8. Campanulariidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Eucopidae Gegenbaur, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Obelidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Obelinae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Orthopyxinae Russell, 1953 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Genus Campanularia Lamarck, 1816
  2. Genus Clytia Lamouroux, 1812
  3. Genus Gastroblasta Keller, 1883
  4. Genus Gonothyraea Allman, 1864
  5. Genus Hartlaubella Poche, 1914
  6. Genus Laomedea Lamouroux, 1812
  7. Genus Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
  8. Genus Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862
  9. Genus Rhizocaulus Stechow, 1919
  10. Genus Silicularia Meyen, 1834
  11. Genus Tulpa Stechow, 1921
  12. Genus Agastra Hartlaub, 1897 accepted as Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862 (synonym)
  13. Genus Campanula Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Campanularia Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  14. Genus Epenthesis McCrady, 1859 accepted as Clytia Lamouroux, 1812 (synonym)
  15. Genus Eucalix Stechow, 1921 accepted as Campanularia Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
  16. Genus Eucope Gegenbaur, 1857 accepted as Clytia Lamouroux, 1812
  17. Genus Eucopella von Lendenfeld, 1883 accepted as Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862 (synonym)
  18. Genus Eucopium Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Clytia Lamouroux, 1812
  19. Genus Eulaomedea Broch, 1910 accepted as Laomedea Lamouroux, 1812 (synonym)
  20. Genus Hypanthea Allman, 1876 accepted as Silicularia Meyen, 1834 (synonym)
  21. Genus Monopyxis Ehrenberg, 1834 accepted as Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
  22. Genus Monosklera von Lendenfeld, 1885 accepted as Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
  23. Genus Obelaria Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
  24. Subfamily Obelinae Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Genus Obeliopsis Le Danois, 1913 accepted as Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
  26. Subfamily Orthopyxinae Russell, 1953 accepted as Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836 (synonym)
  27. Genus Paracalyx Stechow, 1923 accepted as Campanularia Lamarck, 1816 (synonym)
  28. Genus Phialidium Leuckart, 1856 accepted as Clytia Lamouroux, 1812 (synonym (medusa based))
  29. Genus Pseudoclytia Mayer, 1900 accepted as Clytia Lamouroux, 1812 (synonym)
  30. Genus Schizocladium Allman, 1871 accepted as Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
  31. Genus Thaumantias Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Clytia Lamouroux, 1812 (synonym)
  32. Genus Verticillina Naumov, 1960 accepted as Rhizocaulus Stechow, 1919
  33. Genus Zelounies (unaccepted > unavailable name)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Johnston G. (1836). A catalogue of the zoophytes of Berwickshire. <em>History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club.</em> 1 : 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/821039
page(s): 107 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1606 on 2025-06-19
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Nomenclature

original description Johnston G. (1836). A catalogue of the zoophytes of Berwickshire. <em>History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club.</em> 1 : 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/821039
page(s): 107 [details] 

original description (of Eucopidae Gegenbaur, 1857) Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 241 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Obelidae Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 163 [details] 

original description (of Orthopyxinae Russell, 1953) Russell, F.S., 1953. The medusae of the British Isles. Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae. : 1-530, pls. 1-35.
page(s): 303 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

additional source Cornelius, P.F.S., 1982. Hydroids and medusae of the family Campanulariidae recorded from the eastern North Atlantic, with a world synopsis of genera. Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist., Zool. 42 2: 37-148. [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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Diagnosis Hydroid colony stolonal or erect, branching; hydrothecae bell- or cup-shaped, radially symmetrical, sometimes secondarily bilateral symmetric, pedicellate, with basal diaphragm or inward annular thickening of perisarc; hydranth generally tubular, with flared or globose hypostome with a pregastric cavity; gonophores in gonothecae, developing into free medusae, eumedusoids or sporosacs.
Medusa with short manubrium, no gastric peduncle, four radial canals (exceptionally more); with or without velum (Obelia); gonads surrounding radial canals, separated from manubrium; with or without rudimentary bulbs; no cirri, excretory papillae or pores; eight and more closed statocysts; no ocelli.  [details]

Spelling Nama introduced as Campanulariadae by Johnston (1836), which is the modern equivalent of Campanulariidae. [details]
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Japanese ウミサカヅキガヤ科  [details]
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Family Campanulariidae
Family Campanulariidae