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

Sphaeronectes fragilis Carré, 1968

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

SphaeronectesHuxley, 1859accepted genus name

Literature

original description

Carré, C., 1968. Sphaeronectes fragilis n. sp., une nouvelle espèce de Siphonophores Calycophore mèditerranéen. Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco 67 : 1-9.

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

Lindsay, D.J., Grossmann, M., and Minemizu, R. 2011. Sphaeronectes pagesi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from Japan, with the first record of S. fragilis Carré 1968 from the North Pacific Ocean and observations on related species. Plankton and Benthos Research 6(2): 101–107.

redescription

Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48.

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Taxonomy

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Sphaeronectes fragilis Carré, 1968. 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:135475

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2013-12-22 by Peter Schuchert

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