Dissonema saphenella Haeckel, 1879
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dissonema saphenella Haeckel, 1879
- Name authority
- Haeckel, 1879
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Anthoathecata
- Family
- Pandeidae
- Genus
- Dissonema
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumCnidaria
- classHydrozoa Owen, 1843
- subclassHydroidolina Collins, 2000
- orderAnthoathecata Cornelius, 1992
- suborderFilifera Kühn, 1913
- familyPandeidae Haeckel, 1879
- genusDissonema Haeckel, 1879
- speciesDissonema saphenella Haeckel, 1879
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- 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. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.46856 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:36W58. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.