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

Stephanophyes superba Chun, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stephanophyes*	Chun, 1888	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Chun, C., 1888. Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889).
additional source	Kawamura, T. 1915c. Caliconectid Siphonophorae. III. Zool. Mag. (Tokyo) (Dobuts. Zhasshi) 27 (5): 317-324. (In Japanese)
additional source	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	Biggs, D. C. 1977. Field studies of fishing, feeding and digestion in siphonophores. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 4: 261-274
additional source	Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Stephanophyes superba Chun, 1888. 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:135473