Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Calycophorae > Family Sphaeronectidae > Genus Sphaeronectes

Sphaeronectes fragilis Carré, 1968

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphaeronectes*	Huxley, 1859	accepted genus name
*Monophyes*	Claus, 1873	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヤワラフウリンクラゲ

Literature

original description	Carré C. (1968c). Sphaeronectes fragilis n. sp., une nouvelle espèce de Siphonophores Calycophore mèditerranéen. Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco. 67: 1-9.
additional source	Palma, S.G. & S.G. Rosales, 1995. Composition, distribution and seasonal abundance of macroplankton in Valparaìso Bay. Invest. Mar., Valparaìso 23 : 49-66.
additional source	Lindsay, D.J., Grossmann, M., and Minemizu, R. 2011. Sphaeronectes pagesi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from Japan, with the first record of S. fragilis Carré 1968 from the North Pacific Ocean and observations on related species. Plankton and Benthos Research 6(2): 101–107.
redescription	Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48.
ecology source	Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48.
ecology source	Lindsay, D.J., Grossmann, M., and Minemizu, R. 2011. Sphaeronectes pagesi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from Japan, with the first record of S. fragilis Carré 1968 from the North Pacific Ocean and observations on related species. Plankton and Benthos Research 6(2): 101–107.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectes fragilis Carré, 1968. 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:135475