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Lensia hostile Totton, 1941 
AphiaID: 135432

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
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): 161, figs 20-22 [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: Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 96, fig.36 [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]

context source (Deepsea): Pugh, P. R. Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth (personal database). [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic Europe [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Pacific [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: rare [details]

Distribution: cosmopolitan, tropical-temperate [details]

Habitat: meso-bathypelagic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135432
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Mapstone, Gill
2006-01-23 10:11:24Z  checked  Mapstone, Gill
  
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  Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Lensia hostile 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=135432 on 2013-05-24
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