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Desmophyes haematogaster Pugh, 1992 
AphiaID: 287277

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
Sources  original description: Pugh, P. R. 1992c. Desmophyes haematogaster, a new species of prayine siphonophore (Calycophorae, Prayidae). Bulletin of Marine Science50 (1): 89-96.
page(s): 89, figs 1-4 [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]

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

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution West North Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Pugh 1992c – described from single specimen collected by JSL II off Bahamas [details]

Habitat: mesopelagic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287277
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2009-03-25 14:23:57Z  changed  Mapstone, Gill
  
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  Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Desmophyes haematogaster Pugh, 1992. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287277 on 2013-05-25
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