Marine Species Traits - Vampyroctena Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020

WoRMS taxon details

Vampyroctena Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020

Digital photograph of holotype of Vampyroctena delmarvensis: 1

AphiaID

1435018 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1435018)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Vampyroctena delmarvensis Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020 (type by original designation)

Type taxon of

Vampyroctenidae Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020

Parent

Vampyroctenidae Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020

Original name

Vampyroctena Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020

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Species Vampyroctena delmarvensis Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Townsend, J. P.; Tassia, M. G.; Damian-Serrano, A.; Whelan, N. V.; Halanych, K. M.; Sweeney, A. M. (2020). A mesopelagic ctenophore representing a new family, with notes on family-level taxonomy in Ctenophora: Vampyroctena delmarvensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Vampyroctenidae, fam. nov.). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50:34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01049-9
page(s): 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Vampyroctena Townsend, Damian-Serrano & Whelan, 2020. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1435018 on 2025-05-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-05-07 03:05:20Z

created

Lindsay, Dhugal

2023-10-05 16:04:26Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2024-01-03 10:20:43Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Townsend, J. P.; Tassia, M. G.; Damian-Serrano, A.; Whelan, N. V.; Halanych, K. M.; Sweeney, A. M. (2020). A mesopelagic ctenophore representing a new family, with notes on family-level taxonomy in Ctenophora: Vampyroctena delmarvensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Vampyroctenidae, fam. nov.). <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 50:34., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01049-9
page(s): 5 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database

Diagnosis Tentaculate ctenophores with bright red mesoglea and an elongate, cylindrical body. Adults with large, darkly pigmented stomodaeum. Comb rows with large, pigmented ctenes. Orange canals, tentacle bulbs, and tentacles which bear tentilla. [details]

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