WoRMS name details
Crambessa Haeckel, 1869
1053424 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1053424)
unaccepted (species were moved into different families and genera)
Genus
Crambessa tagi Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Catostylus tagi (Haeckel, 1869) (type by monotypy)
- Species Crambessa palmipes Haeckel, 1880 accepted as Mastigietta palmipes (Haeckel, 1880) (synonym)
- Species Crambessa pictonum Haeckel, 1880 accepted as Catostylus tagi (Haeckel, 1869) (synonym)
- Species Crambessa stiphroptera Schultze, 1898 accepted as Acromitoides stiphropterus (Schultze, 1898) (synonym)
- Species Crambessa stuhlmanni Chun, 1896 accepted as Crambionella stuhlmanni (Chun, 1896)
- Species Crambessa tagi Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Catostylus tagi (Haeckel, 1869) (synonym)
- Species Crambessa viridescens Chun, 1896 accepted as Catostylus viridescens (Chun, 1896)
- Species Crambessa cruciata Haeckel (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Crambessa mosaica Haeckel (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haeckel, E. (1869). Ueber die Crambessiden, eine neue Meduse-Familie aus der Rhizostomeengruppe. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 19(4): 509-537.
page(s): 510 [details]
page(s): 510 [details]
Taxonomic remark From Mayer, 1910: 665 "Haeckel's Crambessa is equivalent to the genera Catostylus, Toxoclytus, and Rhacopilus of L....
Taxonomic remark From Mayer, 1910: 665 "Haeckel's Crambessa is equivalent to the genera Catostylus, Toxoclytus, and Rhacopilus of L. Agassiz, 1862. The name Catostylus takes precedence over all of the others, and Haeckel should have used this name instead of inventing a new one." [details]
WoRMS (2025). Crambessa Haeckel, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1053424 on 2025-04-06
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Haeckel, E. (1869). Ueber die Crambessiden, eine neue Meduse-Familie aus der Rhizostomeengruppe. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 19(4): 509-537.
page(s): 510 [details]
page(s): 510 [details]
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Taxonomic remark From Mayer, 1910: 665 "Haeckel's Crambessa is equivalent to the genera Catostylus, Toxoclytus, and Rhacopilus of L. Agassiz, 1862. The name Catostylus takes precedence over all of the others, and Haeckel should have used this name instead of inventing a new one." [details]
