MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879

MSBIAS taxon details

Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879

Family Eirenidae, typical polyp and medusa

AphiaID

15378 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:15378)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Eirene Eschscholtz, 1829

Parent

Leptothecata

Synonymised names

Eutimidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted

Direct children (6)

Ordering

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Children Display

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Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 199; note: introdcued as Irenidae, which is an icorrectly formed name [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15378 on 2025-04-23

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Eirenidae Haeckel, 1879. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=15378 on 2025-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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db_admin

2010-07-13 05:41:40Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2013-05-21 11:03:14Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2015-09-29 08:40:06Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2019-02-06 19:18:34Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 199; note: introdcued as Irenidae, which is an icorrectly formed name [details]

original description (of Eutimidae Haeckel, 1879) 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 190 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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 IMIS) [details]

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eirenidae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eutimidae) (from synonym Eutimidae Haeckel, 1879)
To Genbank (from synonym Eutimidae Haeckel, 1879)
To Genbank
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

Family Eirenidae, typical polyp and medusa

Key to genera of the Eirenidae from Bouillon et al. (2006)