Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Family Zygophylacidae > Genus Zygophylax

Zygophylax sibogae Billard, 1918

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Zygophylax*	Quelch, 1885	accepted genus name
*Lictorella*	Allman, 1888	synonym

Literature

original description	Billard A. (1918). Notes sur quelques espèces d'hydroïdes de l'expédition du Siboga. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 57, Notes et Revue: 21-27.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120
additional source	Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101.
additional source	Watson, J. E. & Vervoort, W. (2001). The hydroid fauna of Tasmanian seamounts. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 334: 151-187.
redescription	Schuchert, P. (2015). On some hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Okinawa Islands, Japan. Revue suisse de Zoologie. 122(2): 325-370.
redescription	Schuchert, P. 2003. Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Danish expedition to the Kei Islands. Steenstrupia 27 2: 137-256.
status source	Gu, Z.; Ruthensteiner, B.; Moura, C. J.; Liu, L.; Zhang, R.; Song, X. (2022). Systematic affinities of Zygophylacidae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Macrocolonia) with descriptions of 15 deep-sea species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Zygophylax sibogae Billard, 1918. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117717