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

Stephanophyes superba Chun, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stephanophyes*	Chun, 1888	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ハナワクラゲ

Literature

original description	Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften. 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889).
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	Biggs, D. C. (1977). Field studies of fishing, feeding and digestion in siphonophores. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 4: 261-274.
additional source	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	Kawamura, T. (1915). Caliconectid Siphonophorae. III. Zool. Mag. (Tokyo) (Dobuts. Zhasshi). 27 (5): 317-324. (In Japanese).
additional source	Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
ecology source	Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften. 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889).
ecology source	Chun, C. 1892. Die Canarischen Siphonophoren in monographischen Darstellungen. II. Die Monophydien. - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 18: 57-114.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Stephanophyes superba Chun, 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:135473