Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Calycophorae > Family Prayidae > Subfamily Prayinae > Genus Desmophyes

Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmophyes*	Haeckel, 1888	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コアイオイクラゲ

Literature

original description	Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50.
additional source	Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Pugh, P. R., and Harbison, G. R. 1987. Three new species of prayine siphonophore (Calycophorae, Prayidae) collected by a submersible, with notes on related species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 41 (1): 68-91.
additional source	Pugh, P. R. 1992c. Desmophyes haematogaster, a new species of prayine siphonophore (Calycophorae, Prayidae). Bulletin of Marine Science50 (1): 89-96.
additional source	Gibbons, M.J., Thibault Botha, D., 2002. The match between ocean circulation and zoogeography of epipelagic siphonophores around southern Africa. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 82 5: 801-810.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	ICZN Opinion 2157, 2006. Desmophyes annectens and Rosacea plicata. Bull. Zool. Nomen. 63 (3): 207-208.
additional source	Mapstone, G.M., Pugh P.R, 2004. Case 3309. Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827: proposed conservation of usage (Cnidaria, Siphonophora); Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888 and Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911: proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61 3: 149-153.
redescription	Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp.
ecology source	Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Desmophyes annectens Haeckel, 1888. 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:135457