WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Diphyes biloba Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545 page(s): 45-46, pl.7 figs 16-21 [details] 
original description
(of Galeolaria australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1833). Zoologie IV: Zoophytes. In:Zoologie. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 / sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. pp. 1-390. Paris, J. Tastu., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064339 page(s): 43 [details]
basis of record
Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. <em>Discovery Rep.</em> 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213 page(s): 104, txt figs 49-51 [details]
Ecologyecology source
Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. [details]
ecology source
Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
ecology source
Madin, L.P. (1988). Feeding behaviour of tentaculate predators: in situ observations and a conceptual model. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 43(3): 413-429. [details] Available for editors [request]
Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda)
Morris, B. F. (1975). The neuston of the Northwest Atlantic
. Ph.D. thesis - Dalhousie University. [details]
additional source
Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. page(s): 487, fig.3.60 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution warm & temperate regions world-wide (Bouillon et al 2004, p.224). [details]Unreviewed
Habitat mainly epipelagic [details]
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