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Desmophyes villafrancae (Carré, 1969) 
AphiaID: 135458

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Calycophorae (Suborder) > Prayidae (Family) > Prayinae (Subfamily) > Desmophyes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Desmophyes Haeckel, 1888
Synonymised
taxa
  Rosacea villafrancae Carré, 1969 (basionym)
Sources  original description: Carré, C. 1969. Rosacea villafrancae sp. n., un nouveau siphonophore calycophore Prayinae de la mer Méditerranée. Beaufortia 16: 109-117.
page(s): 109, figs 1-3, pl.1 [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]

new combination reference: Pugh, P. R., and Harbison, G. R. 1987. Three new species of prayine siphonophore (Calycophorae, Prayidae) collected by a submersible, with notes on related species. Bull. Mar. Sci. 41 (1): 68-91.
page(s): 90 [details]


from synonym: Mapstone, Gill (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
West Mediterranean [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Notes  Biology: rare [details]

Distribution: Bouillon et al 2004 [details]

Habitat: epipelagic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135458
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Mapstone, Gill
2006-01-20 13:52:22Z  checked  Mapstone, Gill
  
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  Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Desmophyes villafrancae (Carré, 1969). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135458 on 2013-05-25
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