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Stephalia dilata (Bigelow, 1911) 
AphiaID: 287294

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Physonectae (Suborder) > Rhodaliidae (Family) > Stephalia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Stephalia Haeckel, 1888
Sources  original description: Bigelow, H. B. 1911. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “Albatross”, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. -Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., commanding. XXIII. The Siphonophorae. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zoöl. Harvard Coll. 38 (2): 171-401, 32 pls.
page(s): 309-313, pl.21 figs 6-8, pl.22 [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. 1983. Benthic Siphonophores: a review of the family Rhodaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 301 : 165-300.
page(s): 207-210 [details]

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

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Southeastern South Pacific [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Note  Habitat: bathybenthic [details]
Image 
Stephalia dilata
Stephalia dilata
added on 2012-10-09 - author: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (NOAA–OE) ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mapstone, Gill on 2012-10-16 18:28:28
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287294
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). Stephalia dilata (Bigelow, 1911). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287294 on 2013-05-25
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