WoRMS taxon details
Heteropyramis maculata Moser, 1925
135416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135416)
accepted
Species
Heteropyramis alcala Alvarino & Frankwick, 1983 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
Moser, F. (1925). Die Siphonophoren der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 17 (Zoologie Band 9):.</em> 1-541, pls 1-33.
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors
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Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Heteropyramis maculata Moser, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135416 on 2025-06-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Moser, F. (1925). Die Siphonophoren der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 17 (Zoologie Band 9):.</em> 1-541, pls 1-33.
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Heteropyramis alcala Alvarino & Frankwick, 1983) Alvariño A., Frankwick K.R. (1983). Heteropyramis alcala and Thalassophyes ferrarii, a new species of Clausophyidae (Calycophorae: Siphonophora) from the south Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 96(4): 686-692., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34593781
page(s): 686, figs 1-3 [details]
basis of record Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) 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]
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Heteropyramis alcala Alvarino & Frankwick, 1983) Alvariño A., Frankwick K.R. (1983). Heteropyramis alcala and Thalassophyes ferrarii, a new species of Clausophyidae (Calycophorae: Siphonophora) from the south Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 96(4): 686-692., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34593781
page(s): 686, figs 1-3 [details]
basis of record Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) 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]
Ecology
ecology 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., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431
page(s): 493, figs 3.119, 3.122 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pagès, F., Pugh P.R., 2002. Fuseudoxid: the elusive sexual stage of the calycophoran siphonophore Crystallophyes amygdalina (Clausophyidae: Crystallophyinae). Acta Zool. 83 : 329-336.
page(s): 335 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431
page(s): 493, figs 3.119, 3.122 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pagès, F., Pugh P.R., 2002. Fuseudoxid: the elusive sexual stage of the calycophoran siphonophore Crystallophyes amygdalina (Clausophyidae: Crystallophyinae). Acta Zool. 83 : 329-336.
page(s): 335 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat mainly meso-bathypelagic [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Heteropyramis alcala Alvarino & Frankwick, 1983)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 61064) (from synonym Heteropyramis alcala Alvarino & Frankwick, 1983)
To ITIS
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Heteropyramis alcala Alvarino & Frankwick, 1983)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 61064) (from synonym Heteropyramis alcala Alvarino & Frankwick, 1983)
To ITIS
