WoRMS taxon details
Vampyroctena Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020
1435018 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1435018)
accepted
Genus
Vampyroctena delmarvensis Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Townsend, J. P.; Tassia, M. G.; Damian-Serrano, A.; Whelan, N. V.; Halanych, K. M.; Sweeney, A. M. (2020). A mesopelagic ctenophore representing a new family, with notes on family-level taxonomy in Ctenophora: Vampyroctena delmarvensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Vampyroctenidae, fam. nov.). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50:34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01049-9
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
WoRMS (2024). Vampyroctena Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1435018 on 2024-11-12
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original description
Townsend, J. P.; Tassia, M. G.; Damian-Serrano, A.; Whelan, N. V.; Halanych, K. M.; Sweeney, A. M. (2020). A mesopelagic ctenophore representing a new family, with notes on family-level taxonomy in Ctenophora: Vampyroctena delmarvensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Vampyroctenidae, fam. nov.). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50:34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01049-9
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Diagnosis Tentaculate ctenophores with bright red mesoglea and an elongate, cylindrical body. Adults with large, darkly pigmented stomodaeum. Comb rows with large, pigmented ctenes. Orange canals, tentacle bulbs, and tentacles which bear tentilla. [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
