Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Calycophorae > Family Diphyidae > Subfamily Diphyinae > Genus Lensia

Lensia subtiloides (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Diphyes Cuvier, 1817

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lensia*	Totton, 1932	accepted genus name

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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 1-868.
additional source	Bigelow, H. B., and Sears, M. 1937. Siphonophorae. Report on the Danish Oceanographical Expeditions 1908-10 to the Mediterranean and adjacent Seas, 11 (Biology): 1-144. A. F. Host and Son, Copenhagen
additional source	Pagès, F. & Gili, J.M. (1992). Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. Scientia Marina. 56 suppl. 1: 65-112.
additional source	Daniel, R. (1985). The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Coelenterata: Hydrozoa, Siphonophora. Zoological Survey of India Publication. Calcutta, India.
new combination reference	Totton A.K. (1932). Siphonophora. Scientific Reports. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928 1929. 4: 317 - 374.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia subtiloides (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908). 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:135440