WoRMS taxon details
Sphaeronectidae Huxley, 1859
- Genus Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859
- Genus Conophyes Leloup, 1934 accepted as Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859 (possible synonym)
- Genus Monophyes Claus, 1873 accepted as Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749 [details] 
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectidae Huxley, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135341 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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): 493 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf
page(s): 1-26 [details]
additional source Grossmann, M. M.; Lindsay, D. J.; Fuentes, V. (2012). Sphaeronectes pughi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from the subantarctic zone. <em>Polar Science.</em> 6(2): 196-199., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2011.11.001
page(s): 196, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Lindsay, D.J., Grossmann, M., and Minemizu, R. 2011. Sphaeronectes pagesi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from Japan, with the first record of S. fragilis Carré 1968 from the North Pacific Ocean and observations on related species. Plankton and Benthos Research 6(2): 101–107., available online at https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.6.101
page(s): 101 [details]
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): 493 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf
page(s): 1-26 [details]
additional source Grossmann, M. M.; Lindsay, D. J.; Fuentes, V. (2012). Sphaeronectes pughi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from the subantarctic zone. <em>Polar Science.</em> 6(2): 196-199., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2011.11.001
page(s): 196, fig. 1 [details]
additional source Lindsay, D.J., Grossmann, M., and Minemizu, R. 2011. Sphaeronectes pagesi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from Japan, with the first record of S. fragilis Carré 1968 from the North Pacific Ocean and observations on related species. Plankton and Benthos Research 6(2): 101–107., available online at https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.6.101
page(s): 101 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Calycophorae with a single spherical nectophore of larval origin. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フウリンクラゲ科 | [details] |
