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 villafrancae (Carré, 1969)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Desmophyes*	Haeckel, 1888	accepted genus name

Literature

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.
new combination reference	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.
ecology source	Carré, C. 1969. Rosacea villafrancae sp. n., un nouveau siphonophore calycophore Prayinae de la mer Méditerranée. Beaufortia 16: 109-117.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Desmophyes villafrancae (Carré, 1969). 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:135458