Lensia achilles
creator: Mapstone, Gill
creator: Schuchert, Peter
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Lensia achilles Totton, 1941
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia achilles Totton, 1941. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135425 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2013-12-29T13:42:38Z
replaces: 710002
replaces: 287249
replaces: 287254
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Lensia achilles Totton, 1941
class: Hydrozoa
family: Diphyidae
genus: Lensia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Totton, A. K. 1941. New species of the siphonophoran genus Lensia Totton, 1932. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 8 (45): 145-168.
name published in: Alvariño, A., and Wojtan, J. M. 1984. Three new species of Lensia, and description of the eudoxia stages of Lensia reticulata and Lensia lelouveteau (Calycophorae: Siphonophorae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 97 (1): 49-59.
name published in: 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).
name published in: Totton, A. K. 1965. A new species of Lensia (Siphonophora: Diphyidae) from the coastal waters of Vancouver, B.C.; and its comparison with Lensia achilles Totton and another new species Lensia cordata. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 13, 8 (85-86): 71-76.
name published in year: 1941
name published in year: 1984
name published in year: 1967
name published in year: 1965
order: Siphonophorae
parent name usage ID: 135365
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Totton, 1941
specific epithet: achilles
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted