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Rhizophysa eysenhardti Gegenbaur, 1859 
AphiaID: 135481

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Cystonectae (Suborder) > Rhizophysidae (Family) > Rhizophysa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Rhizophysa Péron & Lesueur, 1807
Sources  original description: Gegenbaur, K. 1859. Neue Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Siphonophoren. Nova Acta Acad. Caesar. Leop. Carol. 27: 331-424.  [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. 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 European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: uncommon [details]

Distribution: cosmopolitan, warm/temperate [details]

Habitat: mainly epipelagic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135481
Taxonomic
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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). Rhizophysa eysenhardti Gegenbaur, 1859. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135481 on 2013-05-25
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