Hydrozoa name details
Sphaeronectes tasmanica Gershwin, Lewis, Gowlett-Holmes & Kloser, 2014
1022443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1022443)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gershwin L., Lewis M., Gowlett-Holmes K., Kloser R. (2014). The Siphonophores. Pelagic Invertebrates of South-Eastern Australia: A field reference guide. Version 1.1 Book 3. <em>In: Pelagic Invertebrates of South-Eastern Australia: A field reference guide. Version 1.1. 28pp.</em> zoobank.org/References/BCF3066D-50B3-4B14-A68B-3AC25B9D6DE7.
page(s): 19, figured [details] Available for editors
page(s): 19, figured [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Tasmania
type locality contained in Tasmania [details]
Taxonomic remark This is an extremely dubious species that is most certainly a junior synonym of Sphaeronectes koellikeri. The specific...
Taxonomic remark This is an extremely dubious species that is most certainly a junior synonym of Sphaeronectes koellikeri. The specific identification is based on two, rather poor, photographs. There is no detailed description and the species is said to differ from S. koellikeri, only by the fact that in tasmanica the hydroecium opens "orally" while the poor drawing of S. koellikeri (reproduced from Grossmann et al, 2012)appears to indicate that that is not the case for that species. Almost any other drawing or photograph of S. koellikeri will show that the attempted distinction is invalid. I believe that, according to the rules, this species remains valid until a rebuttal appears in print. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectes tasmanica Gershwin, Lewis, Gowlett-Holmes & Kloser, 2014. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1022443 on 2025-11-21
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Gershwin L., Lewis M., Gowlett-Holmes K., Kloser R. (2014). The Siphonophores. Pelagic Invertebrates of South-Eastern Australia: A field reference guide. Version 1.1 Book 3. <em>In: Pelagic Invertebrates of South-Eastern Australia: A field reference guide. Version 1.1. 28pp.</em> zoobank.org/References/BCF3066D-50B3-4B14-A68B-3AC25B9D6DE7.
page(s): 19, figured [details] Available for editors
page(s): 19, figured [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark This is an extremely dubious species that is most certainly a junior synonym of Sphaeronectes koellikeri. The specific identification is based on two, rather poor, photographs. There is no detailed description and the species is said to differ from S. koellikeri, only by the fact that in tasmanica the hydroecium opens "orally" while the poor drawing of S. koellikeri (reproduced from Grossmann et al, 2012)appears to indicate that that is not the case for that species. Almost any other drawing or photograph of S. koellikeri will show that the attempted distinction is invalid. I believe that, according to the rules, this species remains valid until a rebuttal appears in print. [details]