Lizzia octostyla (Haeckel, 1879)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Dysmorphosa octostyla Haeckel, 1879 (protonym)
This taxon is likely to be conspecific with L. blondina (Schuchert, 2007; Schuchert et al., 2025).
Conservation Status
Erroneously reported as Missing by (Gravili et al., 2015)
Distribution & Habitat
China Sea (Daya Bay, South China Sea; Fujian Province, Taiwan Strait) & Mediterranean
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
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.
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Schuchert, P. (2022). World Hydrozoa Database. Lizzia octostyla (Haeckel, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117347 on 2022-08-03
Schuchert, P., Choong, H., Galea, H., Hoeksema, B., Lindsay, D., Manko, M. and Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lizzia octostyla (Haeckel, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117347 on 2025-05-15
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Wang, C., Xu, Z., Huang, J., Guo, D., Lin, M. and Xia, Z. (2016). Taxonomic notes on Hydroidomedusae (Cnidaria) from South China Sea III: Family Rathkeidae and Zancleopsidae. Zoological Systematics. 41(4): 392-403. https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.201644
Xu, Z. Z. and Huang, J. Q. (2006). On new genus, species and record of Laingiomedusae and Anthomedusae in Fujian coast (Cnidaria, Hydroidomedusae). Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science), 45(Sup.2): 233-249.
Xu, Z. Z., Huang, J. Q., Lin, M., Guo, D. H. and Wang, C. G. (2014). The Superclass Hydrozoa of the Phylum Cnidaria in China. Beijing: China Ocean Press. 945 pp.