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

Sphaeronectes irregularis (Claus, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Monophyes Claus, 1873

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

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.
additional 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.
additional source	Carré C. (1968b). Contribution à l'étude du genre Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859. Vie et Milieu. 19: 85-94.
additional source	Claus, C. 1874. Die Gattung Monophyes Cls und ihr Abkömmling Diplophysa Gbr. Schriften zoologische Inhalts. Wien. Heft 1. G. J. Manz'schen Buchhandlung, Wien.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectes irregularis (Claus, 1873). 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:135478