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| SourceID | 32642 | ||||||
| Name | Pagès, F. & J.M. Gili, 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. | ||||||
| Type | Publication | ||||||
| Note | This report provides a systematic account of the siphonophores (cystonects, physonects and calycophores) collected by cruises carried out by the Institut de Ciencies del Mar (Barcelona, Spain) and the Sea Fisheries Research Institut (Cape Town, Republic of South Africa) along the Southwest continental shelf of Africa from 1977 to 1986. The siphonophores collection comprises 52 species distributed in 11 families. The species were collected between 0 and 200 m depth. Illustrations and data on morphology and distribution are given for all species. figs 1-53. | ||||||
| Bibliographical terms | Systematics, Taxonomy Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution | ||||||
| Taxa (12) | Amphicaryon acaule Chun, 1888 (additional source) Amphicaryon ernesti Totton, 1954 (additional source) Cordagalma cordiformis Totton, 1932 accepted as Cordagalma ordinata (Haeckel, 1888) (additional source) Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897) (additional source) Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893 accepted as Forskalia contorta (Milne-Edwards, 1841) (additional source) Lensia hardy Totton, 1941 (additional source) Lensia hotspur Totton, 1941 (additional source) Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886) (additional source) Lensia subtiloides (Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908) (additional source) Muggiaea atlantica Cunningham, 1892 (additional source) Muggiaea kochi (Will, 1844) (additional source) Vogtia glabra Bigelow, 1918 (additional source) | ||||||
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