Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06 [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan, warm/temperate
Distribution cosmopolitan, warm/temperate [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Chelophyes appendiculata (Eschscholtz, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135417 on 2025-07-17
original description(ofErsaea hispaniana Mayer, 1900)Mayer, A. G. (1900). Some medusae from the Tortugas, Florida. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard.</em> 37: 13-82, pls 1-44., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4271669 page(s): 79; note: Plate 29 fig.100 shows the eudoxid stage of D. bojani, whilst figs 98-99 show the polygastric stage of Chelophyes appendiculata [details]
original description(ofDiphia bipartita O.G. Costa, 1841)Costa O.G. (1835-1841). Medusari. In: Fauna del Regno di Napoli ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, pp. 1-20, 1-18. 1-14. 1-10. 1-2, 8 pls. 1-20, 1-18, 1-14, 1-10, 1-12, 8 Plates., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54008100 page(s): 4, pl. 4; note: see https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54008163 and
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55221842 [details]
basis of recordMapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) 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]
ecology sourceLuo, J.; Grassian, B.; Tang, D.; Irisson, J.; Greer, A.; Guigand, C.; McClatchie, S.; Cowen, R. (2014). Environmental drivers of the fine-scale distribution of a gelatinous zooplankton community across a mesoscale front. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 510: 129-149., available online athttps://doi.org/10.3354/meps10908[details]
ecology sourceBone, Q.; Trueman, E. R. (1982). Jet propulsion of the calycophoran siphonophores Chelophyes and Abylopsis. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 62(2): 263-276., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400057271[details] Available for editors [request]
ecology sourceKirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
context source (HKRMS)Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 789-799.[details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda)Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949)[details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia)Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceCostello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourcePugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.[details]
additional sourceMapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p page(s): 210, fig.55 [details]
additional sourceLiu, 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 [request]
additional sourceCairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online athttps://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431[details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality