Deep-Sea taxon details
Lensia hunter Totton, 1941
287257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287257)
accepted
Species
Lensia landrumae Alvariño & Wojtan, 1984 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Totton, A. K. 1941. New species of the siphonophoran genus Lensia Totton, 1932. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 8 (45): 145-168. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1941.9727961
page(s): 154, figs 11-12 [details]
page(s): 154, figs 11-12 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia hunter Totton, 1941. 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=287257 on 2026-07-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Lensia hunter Totton, 1941. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287257 on 2026-07-05
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original description
Totton, A. K. 1941. New species of the siphonophoran genus Lensia Totton, 1932. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 11, 8 (45): 145-168. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745481.1941.9727961
page(s): 154, figs 11-12 [details]
original description (of Lensia landrumae Alvariño & Wojtan, 1984) Alvariño, A., and Wojtan, J. M. 1984. Three new species of Lensia, and description of the eudoxia stages of Lensia reticulata and Lensia lelouveteau (Calycophorae: Siphonophorae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 97 (1): 49-59.
page(s): 53, fig.3 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
additional source Thibault Botha, D., Gibbons M.J., 2005. Epipelagic siphonophores off the east coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 27 1: 129-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.2989/18142320509504073
page(s): 135, fig.8 [details]
additional source Cairns, 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 at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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): 490, fig.3.95 [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. [details]
page(s): 154, figs 11-12 [details]
original description (of Lensia landrumae Alvariño & Wojtan, 1984) Alvariño, A., and Wojtan, J. M. 1984. Three new species of Lensia, and description of the eudoxia stages of Lensia reticulata and Lensia lelouveteau (Calycophorae: Siphonophorae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 97 (1): 49-59.
page(s): 53, fig.3 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
additional source Thibault Botha, D., Gibbons M.J., 2005. Epipelagic siphonophores off the east coast of South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 27 1: 129-139., available online at https://doi.org/10.2989/18142320509504073
page(s): 135, fig.8 [details]
additional source Cairns, 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 at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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): 490, fig.3.95 [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat meso-bathypelagic [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Lensia landrumae Alvariño & Wojtan, 1984)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Lensia landrumae Alvariño & Wojtan, 1984)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 61062) (from synonym Lensia landrumae Alvariño & Wojtan, 1984)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Lensia landrumae Alvariño & Wojtan, 1984)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 61062) (from synonym Lensia landrumae Alvariño & Wojtan, 1984)
