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Geomackiea zephyrolata Mills, 1985

Source-backed taxonomic record

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
Geomackiea zephyrolata Mills, 1985
Name authority
Mills, 1985
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Hydrozoa
Order
Anthoathecata
Family
Pandeidae
Genus
Geomackiea
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumCnidaria
  4. classHydrozoa Owen, 1843
  5. subclassHydroidolina Collins, 2000
  6. orderAnthoathecata Cornelius, 1992
  7. suborderFilifera Kühn, 1913
  8. familyPandeidae Haeckel, 1879
  9. genusGeomackiea Mills, 1985
  10. speciesGeomackiea zephyrolata Mills, 1985

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 2 records assigned to Pandeidae.

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.

  1. Mills, C. E. (1985). A new hydrozoan, Geomackiea zephyrolata gen. nov., sp. nov. (Anthomedusae: Pandeidae), from inland marine waters of British. Columbia and Washington State. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 63: 2172–2175. https://doi.org/10.1139/z85-320 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:3FQ4Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.