WoRMS taxon details
Sphaeronectes koellikeri Huxley, 1859
152189 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152189)
accepted
Species
Ersaea truncata Will, 1844 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Monophyes gracilis Claus, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sphaeronectes gigantea Fewkes, 1889 · unaccepted
Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873) · unaccepted (synonym)
Sphaeronectes köllikeri Huxley, 1859 · unaccepted (unaccepted spelling according to ICZN)
Sphaeronectes tasmanica Gershwin, Lewis, Gowlett-Holmes & Kloser, 2014 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sphaeronectes truncata (Will, 1844) · unaccepted (possible synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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] 
Distribution See Pugh, 2009
Distribution See Pugh, 2009 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Cartwright, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectes koellikeri Huxley, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152189 on 2025-02-28
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Nomenclature
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]
original description (of Sphaeronectes gigantea Fewkes, 1889) Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Monophyes gracilis Claus, 1873) Claus, C. 1873. Ueber die Abstammung der Diplophysen und über eine neue Gruppen von Diphysiden. - Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen: 257-261.
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Sphaeronectes köllikeri Huxley, 1859) 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
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Ersaea truncata Will, 1844) Will, J.G.F., 1844. Horae Tergestinae oder Beschreibung und Anatomie der im Herbste 1843 bei Triest beobachteten Akalephen. : 1-86.
page(s): 82, pl. 2 fig. 28 [details]
original description (of Sphaeronectes tasmanica Gershwin, Lewis, Gowlett-Holmes & Kloser, 2014) Gershwin L., Lewis M., Gowlett-Holmes K., Kloser R. (2014). The Siphonophores. Pelagic Invertebrates of South-Eastern Australia: A field reference guide. Version 1.1 Book 3. <em>In: Pelagic Invertebrates of South-Eastern Australia: A field reference guide. Version 1.1. 28pp.</em> zoobank.org/References/BCF3066D-50B3-4B14-A68B-3AC25B9D6DE7.
page(s): 19, figured [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Sphaeronectes gigantea Fewkes, 1889) Fewkes, J. W. (1889). New invertebrata from the coast of California. <em>Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Salem.</em> 21(7,8,9): 99-146, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11711150
page(s): 119 [details]
original description (of Monophyes gracilis Claus, 1873) Claus, C. 1873. Ueber die Abstammung der Diplophysen und über eine neue Gruppen von Diphysiden. - Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen: 257-261.
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Sphaeronectes köllikeri Huxley, 1859) 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
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Ersaea truncata Will, 1844) Will, J.G.F., 1844. Horae Tergestinae oder Beschreibung und Anatomie der im Herbste 1843 bei Triest beobachteten Akalephen. : 1-86.
page(s): 82, pl. 2 fig. 28 [details]
original description (of Sphaeronectes tasmanica Gershwin, Lewis, Gowlett-Holmes & Kloser, 2014) Gershwin L., Lewis M., Gowlett-Holmes K., Kloser R. (2014). The Siphonophores. Pelagic Invertebrates of South-Eastern Australia: A field reference guide. Version 1.1 Book 3. <em>In: Pelagic Invertebrates of South-Eastern Australia: A field reference guide. Version 1.1. 28pp.</em> zoobank.org/References/BCF3066D-50B3-4B14-A68B-3AC25B9D6DE7.
page(s): 19, figured [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Lindsay, D.J., Grossmann, M., and Minemizu, R. 2011. Sphaeronectes pagesi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from Japan, with the first record of S. fragilis Carré 1968 from the North Pacific Ocean and observations on related species. Plankton and Benthos Research 6(2): 101–107., available online at https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.6.101 [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
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]
additional source Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Lindsay, D.J., Grossmann, M., and Minemizu, R. 2011. Sphaeronectes pagesi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from Japan, with the first record of S. fragilis Carré 1968 from the North Pacific Ocean and observations on related species. Plankton and Benthos Research 6(2): 101–107., available online at https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.6.101
page(s): 104, figs 5C, 6A-B [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf
page(s): 45 [details]
additional source Lindsay, D.J., Grossmann, M., and Minemizu, R. 2011. Sphaeronectes pagesi sp. nov., a new species of sphaeronectid calycophoran siphonophore from Japan, with the first record of S. fragilis Carré 1968 from the North Pacific Ocean and observations on related species. Plankton and Benthos Research 6(2): 101–107., available online at https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.6.101
page(s): 104, figs 5C, 6A-B [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873)) YPM 35047 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution See Pugh, 2009 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フウリンクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sphaeronectes gigantea Fewkes, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaeronectes koellikeri)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records) (from synonym Sphaeronectes truncata (Will, 1844))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106783)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sphaeronectes gigantea Fewkes, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaeronectes koellikeri)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records) (from synonym Sphaeronectes truncata (Will, 1844))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106783)
