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Marrus orthocannoides Totton, 1954 
AphiaID: 287288

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Physonectae (Suborder) > Agalmatidae (Family) > Marrus (Genus)
Status temporary name
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Marrus Totton, 1954
Sources  original description: Totton, A. K. 1954. Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. Discovery Rep. 27: 1-162.
page(s): 59, txt figs 22-23 [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. 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]

additional source: Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p
page(s): 118 [details]

additional source: Rengarajan, K. 1975. Distribution of siphonophores along the west coast of India and the Laccadive Sea. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. India 17 (1): 56-72.
page(s): 59, 65, 67, fig.12 [details]

additional source: Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 63, txt figs 28-29 [details]

additional source: Pugh, P. R. 1999. A review of the genus Bargmannia Totton, 1954 (Siphonophorae, Physonecta, Pyrostephidae). Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Zool. Ser. 65 1: 51-72.
page(s): 70 [details] [full text]

additional source: Dunn, C. W., Pugh, P. R., and Haddock, S. H. D. 2005a. Marrus claudanielis, a new species of deep-sea physonect siphonophore (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Bull. Mar. Sci. 76 (3): 699-714.
page(s): 710 [details]

additional source: Pugh, P. R. 1974a. The vertical distribution of the siphonophores collected during the SOND cruise, 1965. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U. K. 54 (1): 25-90.
page(s): 32 [details]

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

Environment marine, terrestrial
Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
Notes  Biology: rare [details]

Habitat: epi-bathypelagic [details]

Taxonomic status: Not a typical Marrus species, but no other physonect yet found with similar nectophores, so can only retain for the present.  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287288
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2009-03-30 10:54:16Z  changed  Mapstone, Gill
  
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  Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Marrus orthocannoides Totton, 1954. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287288 on 2013-05-18
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