Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Calycophorae > Family Clausophyidae > Genus Kephyes

Kephyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

KephyesPugh, 2006accepted genus name

Species group names

Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860 basionym
Clausophyes massiliana Patriti, 1969 synonym
Clausophyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860) synonym
Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860 synonym

Literature

basis of record

Pugh, P. R. 2006. Reclassification of the clausophyid siphonophore Clausophyes ovata into the genus Kephyes gen. nov. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 86 (5): 997-1004.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Kephyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860). 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:387273

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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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Last modified

2013-12-27 by Peter Schuchert

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