MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Chelophyes contorta (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)

WoRMS taxon details

Chelophyes contorta (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908)

AphiaID

196554 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196554)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chelophyes Totton, 1932

Original name

Diphyes contorta Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908

Synonymised names

Diphyes contorta Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908 · unaccepted

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Diphyes contorta Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908) Lens, A. D. and van Riemsdijk, T. 1908. The Siphonophora of the “Siboga” Expedition. Siboga Exped. 9: 1-130, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022020
page(s): 39, pl. 6, fig. 48-50 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Bouillon et al 2004

Distribution Bouillon et al 2004 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Chelophyes contorta (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196554 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-01-23 10:11:24Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2012-10-29 17:18:45Z

changed

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-27 13:53:10Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Diphyes contorta Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908) Lens, A. D. and van Riemsdijk, T. 1908. The Siphonophora of the “Siboga” Expedition. Siboga Exped. 9: 1-130, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022020
page(s): 39, pl. 6, fig. 48-50 [details]

Ecology

ecology source Pagès, F. & Gili, J.M. (1992). Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. Scientia Marina. 56 suppl. 1: 65-112. [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 (HKRMS) Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 789-799. [details] Available for editors

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context source (Bermuda) Totton, A. K. 1936. Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions. VII. Siphonophora taken during the year 1931. Zoologica (N. Y.) 21 (4): 231-240. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51096617 [details]

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

additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. 1-868.
page(s): 488, fig. 3.66 [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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