Hydrozoa taxon details
Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886)
135439 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135439)
accepted
Species
Diphyes subtilis Chun, 1886 · unaccepted (basionym)
Ersaea elongata Will, 1844 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Diphyes subtilis Chun, 1886) Chun, C. 1886. Über Bau und Entwickelung der Siphonophoren. 3. - Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 35: 681-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29943635
page(s): 681, figs 3-7 [details]
page(s): 681, figs 3-7 [details]
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135439 on 2026-09-04
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(of Diphyes subtilis Chun, 1886) Chun, C. 1886. Über Bau und Entwickelung der Siphonophoren. 3. - Sitzungsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 35: 681-688., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29943635
page(s): 681, figs 3-7 [details]
original description (of Ersaea elongata Will, 1844) Will, J.G.F., 1844. Horae Tergestinae oder Beschreibung und Anatomie der im Herbste 1843 bei Triest beobachteten Akalephen. : 1-86. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Chan, L. C. (1995). The ecology of marine plankton in Tai Tam Bay, Hong Kong, with special reference to barnacle (Arthropoda: Cirripedia) larvae. <em>PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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
basis of record Mapstone, 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]
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 Costello, 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 source Khalil, M.T. & N.S. El-Rakman. (1997). Abundance and diversity of surface zooplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 19(7): 927-936., available online at http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/7/927.short [details] Available for editors
additional source Kirkpatrick, 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)
page(s): 102, fig. 44A-C [details]
additional source Liu, 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
additional source Pagès, F. & Gili, J.M. (1992). Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 56 suppl. 1: 65-112.
page(s): 91, fig.35 [details]
additional source Pugh, 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 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, figs 3.99, 3.109 [details]
additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 168, txt figs 104-105 [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): 681, figs 3-7 [details]
original description (of Ersaea elongata Will, 1844) Will, J.G.F., 1844. Horae Tergestinae oder Beschreibung und Anatomie der im Herbste 1843 bei Triest beobachteten Akalephen. : 1-86. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Chan, L. C. (1995). The ecology of marine plankton in Tai Tam Bay, Hong Kong, with special reference to barnacle (Arthropoda: Cirripedia) larvae. <em>PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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
basis of record Mapstone, 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]
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 Costello, 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 source Khalil, M.T. & N.S. El-Rakman. (1997). Abundance and diversity of surface zooplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 19(7): 927-936., available online at http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/7/927.short [details] Available for editors
additional source Kirkpatrick, 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)
page(s): 102, fig. 44A-C [details]
additional source Liu, 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
additional source Pagès, F. & Gili, J.M. (1992). Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 56 suppl. 1: 65-112.
page(s): 91, fig.35 [details]
additional source Pugh, 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 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, figs 3.99, 3.109 [details]
additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 168, txt figs 104-105 [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]
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Distribution Bouillon et al 2004 [details]
