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Athorybia lucida Biggs, 1978 
AphiaID: 287289

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Physonectae (Suborder) > Agalmatidae (Family) > Athorybia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Athorybia Eschscholtz, 1829
Sources  original description: Biggs, D.C., 1978. Athorybia lucida, a new species of siphonophore (Physonectae Athorybiidae) from the North Atlantic Ocean. Bull. Mar. Sci. 28 : 537-542. [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]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Central North Atlantic [details]
Sargasso Sea [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Depth range: 0-50 m [details]

Distribution: Rare, only 8 specs collected in Sargasso Sea  [details]

Habitat: pelagic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287289
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). Athorybia lucida Biggs, 1978. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287289 on 2013-05-19
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