Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Calycophorae > Family Diphyidae > Subfamily Diphyinae

Diphyes Cuvier, 1817

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eudoxia*	Eschscholtz, 1825	synonym

Children

Diphyes bojani (Eschscholtz, 1825)
Diphyes dispar Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フタツクラゲモドキ属

Literature

original description	Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris.
basis of record	Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) 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. 120-122.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Okemwa, E.N. (1989). Analysis of six 24 hours series of zooplankton sampling across a tropical creek, the Port Reitz, Mombasa, Kenya. Tropical Zoology 2:123-138.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Diphyes Cuvier, 1817. 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:135362