Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Calycophorae > Family Prayidae > Subfamily Amphicaryoninae > Genus Amphicaryon

Amphicaryon ernesti Totton, 1954

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphicaryon*	Chun, 1888	accepted genus name
*Mitrophyes*	Haeckel, 1888	synonym

Literature

original description	Totton, A. K. 1954. Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. Discovery Rep. 27: 1-162.
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	Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. Pp. 868.
additional source	Pagès, F. & J.M. Gili, 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	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

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Amphicaryon ernesti Totton, 1954. 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:135455