Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae

Calycophorae Leuckart, 1854

Rank: Suborder
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Abylidae L. Agassiz, 1862
Clausophyidae Totton, 1965
Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Hippopodiidae Kölliker, 1853
Prayidae Kölliker, 1853
Sphaeronectidae Huxley, 1859

Literature

original description	Leuckart, R. 1854. Zur nähern Kenntniss der Siphonophoren von Nizza. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte Jahrgang 20 vol 1: 249-377, pls 11-13.
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	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Calycophorae. 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:135333