African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Diphasia Agassiz, 1862

Diphasia rosacea (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

117228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117228)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sertulariidae Lamouroux, 1812

Original name

Diphasia Agassiz, 1862

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Species Diphasia digitalis (Busk, 1852)
Species Diphasia mutulata (Busk, 1852)

Environment

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

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 355 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Mańko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Diphasia Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117228 on 2026-07-19

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Diphasia Agassiz, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117228 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2017-12-13 14:00:13Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston. 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 355 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, 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. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

redescription Calder D.R. (1991). Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: the Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contributions. 154: 1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1352274
page(s): 87 [details] Available for editors