WoRMS name details
Tottonia contorta Margulis, 1976
291229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291229)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
Tottonia Margulis, 1976 accepted as Apolemia Eschscholtz, 1829
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Margulis, R. Ya. 1976. New genera of the suborder Physophorae from the Indian Ocean. Zool. Zh. 55 (8): 1244-1246. (In Russian).
page(s): 1246 [details]
page(s): 1246 [details]
Type locality contained in Bay of Bengal
type locality contained in Bay of Bengal [details]
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search
Depth range Deep-sea context derived from a specimen depth data search [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Tottonia contorta Margulis, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291229 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Margulis, R. Ya. 1976. New genera of the suborder Physophorae from the Indian Ocean. Zool. Zh. 55 (8): 1244-1246. (In Russian).
page(s): 1246 [details]
page(s): 1246 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Siebert, S.; Pugh, P.R.; Haddock, S.H.D.; Dunn, C.W. (2013). Re-evaluation of characters in Apolemiidae (Siphonophora), with description of two new species from Monterey Bay, California. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3702 (3): 201-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3702.3.1
page(s): 224 [details] Available for editors
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redescription Mapstone, G. M. 2003. Redescriptions of two physonect siphonophores, Apolemia uvaria (Lesueur, 1815) and Tottonia contorta Margulis, 1976, with comments on a third species Ramosia vitiazi Stepanjants, 1967 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Apolemiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 1 2: 181-212. [details]
page(s): 224 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Mapstone, G. M. 2003. Redescriptions of two physonect siphonophores, Apolemia uvaria (Lesueur, 1815) and Tottonia contorta Margulis, 1976, with comments on a third species Ramosia vitiazi Stepanjants, 1967 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Apolemiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 1 2: 181-212. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Margulis, R. Ya. 1976. New genera of the suborder Physophorae from the Indian Ocean. Zool. Zh. 55 (8): 1244-1246. (In Russian). [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
