WoRMS name details

Zygophylax elegans (Fewkes, 1881)

285000  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285000)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Leptothecata (Order)
  8. Zygophylacidae (Family)
  9. Zygophylax (Genus)
  10. Zygophylax elegans (Species)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
Lafoea elegans Fewkes, 1881 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lafoea elegans Fewkes, 1881) Fewkes J.W. (1881a). Report on the Acalephae. In: Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, in 1878, 1879, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Blake. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College.</em> 8: 127-140, pls 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28870347
page(s): 129 [details] OpenAccess publication
Note Barbados, 125-180 fathoms.  
Type locality Barbados, 125-180 fathoms. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Zygophylax elegans (Fewkes, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285000 on 2025-04-05
Date
action
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2012-01-13 07:12:54Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description (of Lafoea elegans Fewkes, 1881) Fewkes J.W. (1881a). Report on the Acalephae. In: Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, in 1878, 1879, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Blake. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College.</em> 8: 127-140, pls 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28870347
page(s): 129 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

From editor or global species database
Type locality Barbados, 125-180 fathoms. [details]

Unreviewed
Biology colonial [details]

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