angled hydromedusa
Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862
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
- Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862
- Name authority
- A. Agassiz, 1862
- Common name
- angled hydromedusa
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Limnomedusae
- Family
- Olindiidae
- Genus
- Gonionemus
- 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
- subclassTrachylinae Haeckel, 1879
- orderLimnomedusae Kramp, 1938
- familyOlindiidae Haeckel, 1879
- genusGonionemus A. Agassiz, 1862
- speciesGonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Eleutheria robsonia Lengerich, 1922 Lengerich, 1922 | synonym |
| Gonionemus murbachii var. chekiangensis Ling, 1937 Ling, 1937 | synonym |
| Haleremita cumulans Schaudinn, 1894 Schaudinn, 1894 | synonym |
| Gonionemus murbachii Mayer, 1901 Mayer, 1901 | synonym |
| Laodice salinarum (Du Plessis, 1879) (Du Plessis, 1879) | synonym |
| Gonionemus agassizii Murbach & Shearer, 1902 Murbach & Shearer, 1902 | synonym |
| Gonionemus chekiangensis Ling, 1937 Ling, 1937 | synonym |
| Gonionemus depressum Goto, 1903 Goto, 1903 | synonym |
| Gonionemus murbachi Mayer, 1901 Mayer, 1901 | synonym |
| Gonionemus oshoro Uchida, 1929 Uchida, 1929 | synonym |
| Gonionemus vindobonensis Joseph, 1918 Joseph, 1918 | synonym |
| Gonynema vertens (A. Agassiz, 1862) (A. Agassiz, 1862) | synonym |
| Cosmetira salinarum Du Plessis, 1879 Du Plessis, 1879 | synonym |
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.
- Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston, 4: 1–380, pls 1–19. 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:3GWWV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.