Hydrozoa - The World Hydrozoa Database - Sphenoides Huxley, 1859

Hydrozoa name details

Sphenoides Huxley, 1859

AphiaID

867523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:867523)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Bassia L. Agassiz, 1862

Rank

Genus

Parent

Abylopsinae Totton, 1954

Original name

Sphenoides Huxley, 1859

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Species Sphenoides australis Huxley, 1859 accepted as Bassia bassensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Sphenoides obeliscus Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Bassia bassensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Sphenoides perforata (Gegenbaur, 1859) accepted as Bassia bassensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Species Sphenoides tetragona Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Bassia bassensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphenoides Huxley, 1859. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867523 on 2026-10-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2016-01-13 13:24:13Z

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Pugh, Phil

2023-08-30 09:35:35Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749 [details]