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Thermopalia taraxaca Pugh, 1983 
AphiaID: 291216

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Physonectae (Suborder) > Rhodaliidae (Family) > Thermopalia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Thermopalia Pugh, 1983
Parent Thermopalia Pugh, 1983
Sources  original description: Pugh, P. R. 1983. Benthic Siphonophores: a review of the family Rhodaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 301 : 165-300. [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: Burton, E.J. and Lundsten, L. 2008. Davidson Seamount Taxonomic Guide. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-08-08, NOAA, 145pp.
page(s): 31 [details]

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

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Galapagos dandelions  [details]
Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Southeastern South Pacific [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Note  Habitat: bathybenthic, at thermal vents [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291216
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). Thermopalia taraxaca Pugh, 1983. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291216 on 2013-05-25
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