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Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 
AphiaID: 135338

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Calycophorae (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Calycophorae
Sources  original description: Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1827. Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le détroit de Gibraltar. Annls Sci. nat. 10 : 1-239.
page(s): 6 [details]

basis of record: Pugh, P. R. 1999b. Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. Pp. 868.
page(s): 487 [details]

additional source: Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 172-175 [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Mapstone, G. M. 2001. Siphonophora, 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. 120-122 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Diphyinae Moser, 1925
  » Genus Chelophyes Totton, 1932
» Genus Dimophyes Moser, 1913
» Genus Diphyes Cuvier, 1817
» Genus Eudoxoides Huxley, 1859
» Genus Lensia Totton, 1932
» Genus Muggiaea Busch, 1851
» Genus Diphyes Bigelow, 1911 accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
» Genus Diphyes Browne, 1926 accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
» Genus Diphyes Chun, 1886 accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
» Genus Diphyes (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860) accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
» Genus Diphyes Will, 1844 accepted as Muggiaea Busch, 1851
» Genus Diphyopsis Agassiz & Mayer, 1902 accepted as Chelophyes Totton, 1932
» Genus Diphyopsis Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Diphyes Cuvier, 1817
» Genus Diphyopsis Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908 accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
» Genus Doramasia Chun, 1892 accepted as Diphyes Cuvier, 1817
» Genus Ersaea Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Diphyes Cuvier, 1817
» Genus Ersaea Will, 1844 accepted as Muggiaea Busch, 1851
» Genus Eudoxia Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Diphyes Cuvier, 1817
» Genus Eudoxia Patriti, 1965 accepted as Lensia fowleri (Bigelow, 1911)
» Genus Galeolaria Moser, 1925 accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
» Genus Lensia Alvarino & Wojtan, 1984 accepted as Dimophyes Moser, 1913
» Genus Monophyes Chun, 1885 accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
» Genus Muggiaea (Stepanjants, 1967) accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
Genus Eudoxia Eschscholtz, 1825
Genus Eudoxia Gamulin, 1966
Subfamily Giliinae Pugh & Pages, 1995
  » Genus Gilia Pugh & Pages, 1995
» Genus Lensia Pugh & Pages, 1995 accepted as Gilia Pugh & Pages, 1995
Subfamily Sulculeolariinae Totton, 1954
  » Genus Sulculeolaria Blainville, 1830
» Genus Diphyes Sars, 1846 accepted as Sulculeolaria Blainville, 1830
» Genus Diphyes Gegenbaur, 1853 accepted as Sulculeolaria quadrivalvis Blainville, 1834
» Genus Galeolaria Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908 accepted as Sulculeolaria Blainville, 1830
» Genus Galeolaria Vogt, 1854 accepted as Chelophyes Totton, 1932
» Genus Galeolaria Blainville, 1830 accepted as Sulculeolaria Blainville, 1830
» Genus Galetta Stechow, 1921 accepted as Sulculeolaria Blainville, 1830

Genus Epibulia Haeckel, 1888a accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
Genus Eudoxia Huxley, 1859 accepted as Diphyes dispar Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
Subfamily Galeolarinae Chun, 1897 accepted as Sulculeolariinae Totton, 1954
  » Genus Galeolaria Huxley, 1859 accepted as Lensia Totton, 1932
Subfamily Galettinae Stechow, 1921 accepted as Sulculeolariinae Totton, 1954
Environment marine
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135338
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Mapstone, Gill
2006-01-27 08:54:21Z  checked  Mapstone, Gill
  
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  Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135338 on 2013-05-21
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