WoRMS taxon details
Lensia achilles Totton, 1941
AphiaID: 135425
AphiaID: 135425
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Calycophorae (Suborder) > Diphyidae (Family) > Diphyinae (Subfamily) > Lensia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Lensia Totton, 1932 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Lensia achilles bigelowi Stepanjants, 1967 Lensia baryi Totton, 1965 Lensia eltanin Alvarino & Wojtan, 1984 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Totton, A. K. 1941. New species of the siphonophoran genus Lensia Totton, 1932. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 8 (45): 145-168. page(s): 149 [details] basis of record: 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] additional source: Pugh, P. R. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Pugh, P. R. and R. Gasca. 2009. Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 395–402 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Totton, A. K. 1965. A new species of Lensia (Siphonophora: Diphyidae) from the coastal waters of Vancouver, B.C.; and its comparison with Lensia achilles Totton and another new species Lensia cordata. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 13, 8 (85-86): 71-76. page(s): 71 [details] from synonym: G.M. Mapstone & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p page(s): 182, figs 45-46 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Alvariño, A., and Wojtan, J. M. 1984. Three new species of Lensia, and description of the eudoxia stages of Lensia reticulata and Lensia lelouveteau (Calycophorae: Siphonophorae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 97 (1): 49-59. page(s): 51, fig.2 [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Pugh, P. R. Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth (personal database). [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Lensia achilles bigelowi Stepanjants, 1967 accepted as Lensia achilles Totton, 1941 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic [details] Atlantic Europe [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] FAO fishing area 67 (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Gulf of Mexico [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North East Pacific (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] North Pacific [details] Pacific Ocean [details] Southern Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: rare [details] Habitat: Mesopelagic [details] Habitat: epi-bathypelagic [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135425 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Lensia achilles Totton, 1941. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135425 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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