Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Physonectae > Family Agalmatidae > Genus Lychnagalma

Lychnagalma utricularia (Claus, 1879)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lychnagalma*	Haeckel, 1888	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Agalmopsis utricularia*	Claus, 1879	basionym
*Agalmopsis utricularia*	Claus, 1879	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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	Casanova, J.-P., 1980. Campagnes du "Meteor" dans l'Atlantique N-E. Siphonophores, Méduses et Thécosomes. Distribution verticale et comparaisons faunistiques avec la Méditerranée. "Meteor" Forsch.-Erbgeb. -32 : 15-32.
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.
additional source	Pugh, P. R. 1989. Gelatinous zooplankton - the forgotten fauna. Prog. Underwater Sci. 14: 67-78.
additional source	Mills, C. E., Pugh, P. R., Harbison, G. R., and Haddock, S. H. D. 1996. Medusae, siphonophores and ctenophores of the Alborán Sea, south western Mediterranean. In Advances in Hydrozoan Biology. Edited by S. Piraino, F. Boero, J. Bouillon, P. F. S. Cornelius and Gili, J.M. Scientia Marina 60 (1): 145-163.
redescription	Pugh, P. R., and Harbison, G. R. 1986. New observations on a rare physonect siphonophore Lychnagalma utricularia (Claus, 1879). J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 66: 695-710.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Lychnagalma utricularia (Claus, 1879). 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:135492