World Register of Deep-Sea species

Deep-Sea taxon details

Marrus Totton, 1954

AphiaID

135391 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135391)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Marrus antarcticus Totton, 1954 (type by original designation)

Parent

Agalmatidae Brandt, 1835

Direct children (4)

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Species Marrus antarcticus Totton, 1954
Species Marrus claudanielis Dunn, Pugh & Haddock, 2005
Species Marrus orthocanna (Kramp, 1942)
Species Marrus orthocannoides Totton, 1954

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. Discovery Rep. 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213
page(s): 55 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Marrus Totton, 1954. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135391 on 2026-09-10

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Marrus Totton, 1954. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135391 on 2026-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-20 18:13:10Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. Discovery Rep. 27: 1-162., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5611213
page(s): 55 [details]

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

basis of record Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 36, fig. 9 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	ヒノオビクラゲ属	[details]

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