Deep-Sea taxon details
Hormiphora palmata Chun, 1898
265184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:265184)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Chun, C. (1898). Die Ctenophoren der Plankton-expedition. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung, Lipsius & Tischer. 2. K. a.</em> 1-30, pls. I-III.
page(s): 17-18, pl. 3, figs. 1-2 [details]
page(s): 17-18, pl. 3, figs. 1-2 [details]
Note Canary Islands: Orotava
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Type locality Canary Islands: Orotava [details]
Nomenclature Chun 1898 attributes it to Chun 1889, but nomen nudum there
Nomenclature Chun 1898 attributes it to Chun 1889, but nomen nudum there [details]
Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Hormiphora palmata Chun, 1898. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265184 on 2026-09-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hormiphora palmata Chun, 1898. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265184 on 2026-09-25
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Chun, C. (1898). Die Ctenophoren der Plankton-expedition. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung, Lipsius & Tischer. 2. K. a.</em> 1-30, pls. I-III.
page(s): 17-18, pl. 3, figs. 1-2 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
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
additional source Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]
page(s): 17-18, pl. 3, figs. 1-2 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
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
additional source Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Nomenclature Chun 1898 attributes it to Chun 1889, but nomen nudum there [details]Synonymy Bigelow (1912) synonomized young stages of H. palmata Chun, 1898 with H. hormiphora (Gegenbaur, 1856), but he also stated that the larger H. palmata Chun, 1898 are a distinct, "important and widely distributed species." [details]
Type locality Canary Islands: Orotava [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat Epipelagic [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hormiphora palmata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Ctenophora Collection (35 records)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hormiphora palmata)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Ctenophora Collection (35 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
