Deep-Sea name details
Lensia truncata (Sars, 1846)
152178 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152178)
unaccepted (invalid name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Diphyes truncata Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland,...
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Shetlands and Hebrides. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia truncata (Sars, 1846). 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=152178 on 2026-07-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lensia truncata (Sars, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152178 on 2026-07-08
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(of Diphyes truncata Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Fauna littoralis Norvegiae oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oderwenig bekannter Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation,Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben. 1-194. Johann Dahk. Christiania., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526545
page(s): 41 [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 Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 41 [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 Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Shetlands and Hebrides. [details]
