Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > 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

StephanophyesChun, 1888accepted genus name

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

Kawamura, T. 1915c. Caliconectid Siphonophorae. III. Zool. Mag. (Tokyo) (Dobuts. Zhasshi) 27 (5): 317-324. (In Japanese)

additional source

Mapstone, G. M. 2001. Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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

Biggs, D. C. 1977. Field studies of fishing, feeding and digestion in siphonophores. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 4: 261-274

additional source

Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.

additional source

Pugh, P. R. and R. Gasca. 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.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Stephanophyes superba Chun, 1888. In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135473

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2013-12-22 by Peter Schuchert

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