North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

ERMS taxon details

Leptothecata

AphiaID

13552 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:13552)

Classification

Authority

Cornelius, 1992

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Hydroidolina

Original name

Leptothecata

Synonymised names

Conica · unaccepted (polyphyletic assemblage)

Proboscoida · unaccepted (polyphyletic assemblage)

Direct children (30)

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Family Aequoreidae Eschscholtz, 1829
Family Barcinidae Gili, Bouillon, PagÃ¨s, Palanques & Puig, 1999
Family Blackfordiidae Bouillon, 1984
Family Bonneviellidae Broch, 1909
Family Campanulariidae Johnston, 1836
Family Campanulinidae Hincks, 1868
Family Cirrholoveniidae Bouillon, 1984
Family Dipleurosomatidae Boeck, 1868
Family Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Haleciidae Hincks, 1868
Family Hebellidae Fraser, 1912
Family Lafoeidae Hincks, 1868
Family Laodiceidae Agassiz, 1862
Family Lovenellidae Russell, 1953
Family Malagazziidae Bouillon, 1984
Family Melicertidae Agassiz, 1862
Family Mitrocomidae Haeckel, 1879
Family Orchistomatidae Bouillon, 1984
Family Phialellidae Russell, 1953
Superfamily Plumularioidea McCrady, 1859
Superfamily Sertularioidea Lamouroux, 1812
Family Symplectoscyphidae Maronna et al., 2016
Family Syntheciidae Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890
Family Teclaiidae Bouillon et al., 2000
Family Tiarannidae Russell, 1940
Family Tiaropsidae Boero, Bouillon & Danovaro, 1987
Family Zygophylacidae Quelch, 1885
Suborder Conica accepted as Leptothecata (polyphyletic assemblage)
Family Eucheilotidae Bouillon, 1984 accepted as Lovenellidae Russell, 1953 (synonym)
Suborder Proboscoida accepted as Leptothecata (polyphyletic assemblage)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Cornelius, P.F.S., 1992. Medusa loss in leptolid Hydrozoan (Cnidaria) hydroid rafting, and abbreviated life-cycles among their remote-island faunae: an interim review. In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2-3: 245-261.
page(s): 245 [details]

Taxonomic citation

ERMS (2024). Leptothecata. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13552 on 2025-04-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Leptothecata. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13552 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-05-14 14:43:31Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2009-05-15 08:50:37Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2015-06-18 11:20:01Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Cornelius, P.F.S., 1992. Medusa loss in leptolid Hydrozoan (Cnidaria) hydroid rafting, and abbreviated life-cycles among their remote-island faunae: an interim review. In: J. Bouillon, F. Boero, F. Cicogna, J.M. Gili & R.G. Hughes, eds., Aspects of hydrozoan biology. Scientia Marina 56 2-3: 245-261.
page(s): 245 [details]

original description (of Conica) Broch, H. 1910. Die Hydroiden der Arktischen Meere. - Fauna Arctica 5: 127-248, plates 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7161644
page(s): 132 [details]

original description (of Proboscoida) Broch, H. 1910. Die Hydroiden der Arktischen Meere. - Fauna Arctica 5: 127-248, plates 2-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7161644
page(s): 132 [details]

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 (look up in RoR) [details]