MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Corymorphidae Allman, 1872

ERMS taxon details

Corymorphidae Allman, 1872

Family Corymorphidae: typical polyps and medusae

AphiaID

1598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Corymorpha M. Sars, 1835

Parent

Aplanulata

Original name

Corymorphidae Allman, 1872

Synonymised names

Euphysidae Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Genus Branchiocerianthus Mark, 1898
Genus Corymorpha M. Sars, 1835
Genus Euphysa Forbes, 1848
Genus Gymnogonos Bonnevie, 1898
Genus Paragotoea Kramp, 1942
Genus Siphonohydra Salvini-Plawen, 1966
Genus Amalthaea Schmidt, 1852 accepted as Corymorpha M. Sars, 1835 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Eugotoea Margulis, 1989 accepted as Rhabdoon Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861 (synonym)
Genus Euphysora Maas, 1905 accepted as Corymorpha M. Sars, 1835 (synonym)
Genus Meiorhopalon von Salvini-Plawen, 1987 accepted as Euphysa Forbes, 1848
Genus Steenstrupia Forbes, 1846 accepted as Corymorpha M. Sars, 1835 (synonym)
Genus Vannuccia Brinckmann-Voss, 1967 accepted as Corymorpha M. Sars, 1835 (synonym and preoccupied by Vannuccia Marcus, 1948 [Plathyhelminthes])

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Allman, G. J. 1872. A monograph of the gymnoblastic or tubularian hydroids. Conclusion of Part I, and Part II, containing descriptions of the genera and species of Gymnoblastea. Ray Society, London, pp. 155-450, plates 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9122
page(s): 386 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Corymorphidae Allman, 1872. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598 on 2025-10-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Corymorphidae Allman, 1872. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598 on 2025-10-06

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-04-28 06:22:10Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2013-02-22 16:26:12Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2024-10-22 13:45:38Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Allman, G. J. 1872. A monograph of the gymnoblastic or tubularian hydroids. Conclusion of Part I, and Part II, containing descriptions of the genera and species of Gymnoblastea. Ray Society, London, pp. 155-450, plates 1-23., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9122
page(s): 386 [details]

original description (of Euphysidae 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): 29 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in RoR) [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. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in RoR) [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Euphysidae Haeckel, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corymorphidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Euphysidae Haeckel, 1879)
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Family Corymorphidae: typical polyps and medusae