Petasidae

Petasus atavus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trachymedusae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Medusozoa Classis: Hydrozoa Subclassis: Trachylinae Ordo: Trachymedusae

Familia: Petasidae
Genera: Petasus
and Petasiella Uchida, 1947 (junior homonym of Petasiella Gude & Woodward, 1921, Mollusca)

Name

Petasidae Haeckel, 1879: 243

• Type genus: Petasus Haeckel, 1879

Synonymy

• Petachinidae Haeckel, 1879: 247
  • Type genus: Petachnum Haeckel, 1879

References

Primary references

• Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. pt. 1. System der Craspedoten. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 1: 1–363. G. Fischer, Jena, Germany [in German] BHL Reference page. 

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