MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Diphasia fallax (Johnston, 1847)

WoRMS taxon details

Diphasia fallax (Johnston, 1847)

AphiaID

117879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117879)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Diphasia Agassiz, 1862

Original name

Sertularia fallax Johnston, 1847

Synonymised names

Diphasia coronifera Allman, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Diphasia wandeli Levinsen, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)

Nigellastrum fallax (Johnston, 1847) · unaccepted (synonym)

Sertularia fallax Johnston, 1847 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Sertularia fallax Johnston, 1847) Johnston, G. (1847). A history of British zoophytes. Van Voorst, Second edition, London. pp. vol. 1, pp. i-xvi, 1-488, vol. 2, plates 1-74. Van Voorst, London. 1: 1-499, figs 1-87; vol. 2: pls 1-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17834260
page(s): 73 pl. 11 figs 2, 5-6 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in North Sea

type locality contained in North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy Order: Leptothecatae according to Trott (2004).

Taxonomy Order: Leptothecatae according to Trott (2004). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Diphasia fallax (Johnston, 1847). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117879 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2020-05-20 09:45:10Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Diphasia wandeli Levinsen, 1893) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1893). Meduser, Ctenophorer og Hydroider fra Grønlands Vestkyst, tilligemed Bemaerkninger om Hydroidernes Systematik. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København 1892. 143-212, 215-220, appendix, plates 5-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7548431
page(s): 197, pl. 8 figs 1-5 [details]

original description (of Sertularia fallax Johnston, 1847) Johnston, G. (1847). A history of British zoophytes. Van Voorst, Second edition, London. pp. vol. 1, pp. i-xvi, 1-488, vol. 2, plates 1-74. Van Voorst, London. 1: 1-499, figs 1-87; vol. 2: pls 1-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17834260
page(s): 73 pl. 11 figs 2, 5-6 [details]

original description (of Diphasia coronifera Allman, 1874) Allman, G. J. (1874). Report on the Hydroida collected during the Expeditions of H.M.S. 'Porcupine'. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 8(8): 469-481, pls 65-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31661719
page(s): 474, pl. 66 figs 2, 2a. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, 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. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995). North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae.Part 2. Sertulariidae to Campanulariidae. In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council. 50 : i-vii, 1-386. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 44 [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

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