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Sphaeronectes japonica (Stepanjants, 1967)

AphiaID

292477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292477)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Lensia japonica (Stepanjants, 1967) accepted as Sphaeronectes brevitruncata (Chun, 1888)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859

Original name

Monophyes japonica Stepanjants, 1967

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Monophyes japonica Stepanjants, 1967) Stepanjants, S. D. 1967. Siphonophores of the seas of the USSR and the northern part of the Pacific Ocean. Opred. Faune SSSR 96. ‘Nauka', Leningrad. (In Russian).
page(s): 157, fig. 99 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectes japonica (Stepanjants, 1967). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292477 on 2026-07-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-21 13:45:25Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2011-09-30 06:46:13Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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Nomenclature

original description (of Monophyes japonica Stepanjants, 1967) Stepanjants, S. D. 1967. Siphonophores of the seas of the USSR and the northern part of the Pacific Ocean. Opred. Faune SSSR 96. ‘Nauka', Leningrad. (In Russian).
page(s): 157, fig. 99 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

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