WoRMS taxon details
Hexaphilia Gershwin & Zeidler, 2003
267485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267485)
accepted
Genus
Hexaphilia scoresbyi Gershwin & Zeidler, 2003 (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gershwin, L. A., & Zeidler, W. 2003. Encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: Medusae, siphonophores and ctenophores. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 127: 205-241.
page(s): 233 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 233 [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. Hexaphilia Gershwin & Zeidler, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267485 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Gershwin, L. A., & Zeidler, W. 2003. Encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: Medusae, siphonophores and ctenophores. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 127: 205-241.
page(s): 233 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 233 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Olindiidae with hexamerous radial symmetry; with short, linear gonads on the distal portion of the radial canals; with numerous tentacles all alike, with terminal nematocyst cluster but lacking adhesive pad; with 2 statocysts between adjecent tentacles. [details]
