Agalma okenii is a species of siphonophore in the family Agalmatidae.[1] It was first described by Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz , who collected it on his second voyage.[2] It was described again by James Dwight Dana in 1859, who named it Crystallomia polygonata. [3]

Agalma okenii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Agalmatidae
Genus: Agalma
Species:
A. okenii
Binomial name
Agalma okenii
Synonyms[1]
  • Agalma okeni Eschscholtz, 1825
  • Agalma rigidum (Haeckel, 1869)
  • Crystallodes rigidum Haeckel, 1869
  • Crystallodes vitrea Haeckel, 1888a
  • Crystallomia polygonata Dana, 1858
  • Crystallomia rigidum (Haeckel, 1869)

References

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  1. 1 2 Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). "World Hydrozoa Database. Agalma okenii Eschscholtz, 1825". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Biodiversity Heritage Library". www.biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  3. "Biodiversity Heritage Library". www.biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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