WoRMS taxon details
Sphaeronectes brevitruncata (Chun, 1888)
387270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387270)
accepted
Species
Lensia japonica (Stepanjants, 1967) · unaccepted (synonym)
Monophyes brevitruncata Chun, 1888 · unaccepted (basionym)
Monophyes japonica Stepanjants, 1967 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sphaeronectes japonica (Stepanjants, 1967) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Monophyes brevitruncata Chun, 1888) Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.</em> 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1153 [details]
page(s): 1153 [details]
Distribution See Pugh 2009
Distribution See Pugh 2009 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectes brevitruncata (Chun, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387270 on 2026-06-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Monophyes brevitruncata Chun, 1888) Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.</em> 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1153 [details]
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]
page(s): 1153 [details]
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
redescription
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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution See Pugh 2009 [details]
