MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Lensia Totton, 1932

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Lensia Totton, 1932

AphiaID

135365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135365)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Diphyinae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Direct children (26)

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Species Lensia achilles Totton, 1941
Species Lensia ajax Totton, 1941
Species Lensia asymmetrica Stepanjants, 1970
Species Lensia campanella (Moser, 1917)
Species Lensia challengeri Totton, 1954
Species Lensia conoidea (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
Species Lensia cordata Totton, 1965
Species Lensia cossack Totton, 1941
Species Lensia exeter Totton, 1941
Species Lensia fowleri (Bigelow, 1911)
Species Lensia gnanamuthui Daniel & Daniel, 1963
Species Lensia grimaldii Leloup, 1933
Species Lensia hardy Totton, 1941
Species Lensia havock Totton, 1941
Species Lensia hostile Totton, 1941
Species Lensia hotspur Totton, 1941
Species Lensia hunter Totton, 1941
Species Lensia leloupi Totton, 1954
Species Lensia lelouveteau Totton, 1941
Species Lensia meteori (Leloup, 1934)
Species Lensia multicristata (Moser, 1925)
Species Lensia panikkari Daniel, 1971
Species Lensia quadriculata Pages, Flood & Youngbluth, 2006
Species Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886)
Species Lensia subtiloides (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)
Species Lensia zenkevitchi Margulis, 1970

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Totton A.K. (1932). Siphonophora. Scientific Reports. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928 1929. 4: 317 - 374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516977
page(s): 363 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Mańko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia Totton, 1932. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135365 on 2025-04-25

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Lensia Totton, 1932. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135365 on 2025-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-26 10:00:11Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2014-01-02 14:55:57Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Totton A.K. (1932). Siphonophora. Scientific Reports. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928 1929. 4: 317 - 374., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516977
page(s): 363 [details]

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

redescription Nishiyama, E. Y.; Ribeiro, G. C.; Oliveira, O. M. P. (2016). Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Lensia (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Siphonophora), based on the species morphology. Zootaxa. 4132(4): 493., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.2 [details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lensia)
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