WoRMS taxon details
original description
Harbison, G. R.; Matsumoto, G. I.; Robison, B. H. (2001). Lampocteis cruentiventer gen. nov., sp. nov.: a new mesopelagic lobate ctenophore, representing the type of a new family (Class Tentaculata, Order Lobata, Family Lampoctenidae, fam. nov.). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 68(2), 299-311. page(s): 301-307, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source
Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]
From editor or global species database
Type designation DSRV ALVIN dive 968: 32°32'N, 117°54'W, off San Diego, California, 640-1130 m depth
[details]
Type material A preserved specimen (collected 24 July 1991 at a depth of 679 m in the Monterey Submarine Canyon (36°42'N, 122°02'W) and copies of the photographs of the holotype have been deposited in the collections of the California Academy of Sciences (CASIZ #110779)
[details]From other sources
Habitat mesopelagic [details]
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