Sphaeronectes fragilis Carré, 1968 
AphiaID: 135475

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Siphonophorae > Calycophorae > Sphaeronectidae > Sphaeronectes

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859
Sources		original description: Carré, C., 1968. Sphaeronectes fragilis n. sp., une nouvelle espèce de Siphonophores Calycophore mèditerranéen. Bull. Inst. océanogr. Monaco 67 : 1-9. page(s): 1, pl.1 figs A-B, p.2 figs A-B [details] basis of record: Mapstone, G. M. 2001. Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 120-122 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48. page(s): 20, 25, 41, 48, fig 16 (part) [details] additional source: Lindsay, D.J., Grossmann, M., and Minemizu, R. 2011. Sphaeronectes pagesi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from Japan, with the first record of S. fragilis Carré 1968 from the North Pacific Ocean and observations on related species. Plankton and Benthos Research 6(2): 101–107. page(s): 104, fig. 4, 5A [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Mediterranean Sea [details]
Links		To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI
Note		Distribution: Bouillon et al 2004 [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135475
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Mapstone, Gill 2006-01-23 10:11:24Z   checked   Mapstone, Gill
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		Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Sphaeronectes fragilis Carré, 1968. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.eu/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135475 on 2013-05-21