WoRMS taxon details
Lensia hunter Totton, 1941
AphiaID: 287257
AphiaID: 287257
| 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 landrumae 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): 154, figs 11-12 [details] basis of record: G.M. Mapstone & J. van der Land, 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (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. 1999b. Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. Pp. 868. page(s): 490, fig.3.95 [details] additional source: Thibault Botha, D., Gibbons M.J., 2005. Epipelagic siphonophores off the east coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 27 1: 129-139. page(s): 135, fig.8 [details] 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): 53, fig.3 [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Pugh, P. R. Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth (personal database). [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Southern Hemisphere [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal | ||||||||||
| Note |
Habitat: meso-bathypelagic [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287257 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Lensia hunter 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=287257 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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