WoRMS name details
Lensia truncata (Sars, 1846)
152178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152178)
unaccepted (invalid name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Diphyes truncata Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland,...
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Shetlands and Hebrides. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia truncata (Sars, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152178 on 2026-08-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diphyes truncata Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Shetlands and Hebrides. [details]
