Diphyes Cuvier, 1817 
AphiaID: 135362

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Hydrozoa > Hydroidolina > Siphonophorae > Calycophorae > Diphyidae > Diphyinae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Diphyinae Moser, 1925
Sources		original description: Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709 page(s): 61 [details] basis of record: Mapstone, G. M. 2001. Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 120-122 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Okemwa, E.N. (1988). Analysis of six 24- hour series of zooplankton samplings across a tropical creek, the Port Reitz, Mombasa, Kenya. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Diphyes antarctica Moser, 1925 Species Diphyes bojani (Eschscholtz, 1829) Species Diphyes chamissonis Huxley, 1859 Species Diphyes dispar Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 Species Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897 accepted as Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897) Species Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860 accepted as Kephyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860) Species Diphyes subtilis Chun, 1886 accepted as Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886) Species Diphyes truncata Sars, 1846 accepted as Lensia conoidea (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
Environment		marine
Distribution		Kenya [details]
Link		To ITIS
Image		Diphyes added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135362
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Mapstone, Gill 2006-01-25 08:59:29Z   checked   Mapstone, Gill 2006-07-31 06:57:06Z   changed   Camba Reu, Cibran 2010-04-15 15:19:57Z   changed   Mapstone, Gill
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		Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Diphyes Cuvier, 1817. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.eu/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135362 on 2013-05-20