WoRMS name details

Sphaeronectes gigantea Fewkes, 1889

709267  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709267)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Siphonophorae (Order)
  8. Calycophorae (Suborder)
  9. Sphaeronectidae (Family)
  10. Sphaeronectes (Genus)
  11. Sphaeronectes gigantea (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 119 [details] OpenAccess publication
Schuchert, P.; Cartwright, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectes gigantea Fewkes, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709267 on 2025-04-05
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2012-10-26 08:45:18Z
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Mapstone, Gill
2013-12-19 19:27:14Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 119 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source 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., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf
page(s): 27 [details] 

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