MSBIAS taxon details
Diphasia alata (Hincks, 1855)
117876 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117876)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Hincks T. (1855). Notes on British zoophytes, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2 (15): 127-130, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2257147 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Diphasia alata (Hincks, 1855). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117876 on 2026-01-19
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Diphasia alata (Hincks, 1855). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117876 on 2026-01-19
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(of ) Hincks T. (1855). Notes on British zoophytes, with descriptions of new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2 (15): 127-130, pls 2-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2257147 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gil, M.; Ramil, F. (2017). The genus Diphasia L. Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in Northwest Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4363(3): 301., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4363.3.1
page(s): 304, fig. 2 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gil, M.; Ramil, F. (2017). The genus Diphasia L. Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in Northwest Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4363(3): 301., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4363.3.1
page(s): 304, fig. 2 [details]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
