original description
Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft.</em> 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 44 [details]
additional source
Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. [details]
redescription
Pugh, P. R. (2019). A history of the sub-order Cystonectae (Hydrozoa: Siphonophorae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4669(1): 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4669.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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Diagnosis Siphonophores with a relatively large pneumatophore and without nectosome; pneumatophore with apical pore; siphosome bears gastrozooids, with tentacles, and gonodendra, but no bracts; gonodendron with gonopalpons, gonophores and asexual swimming bells. Gonophores on a single colony are all of the same sex. [details]
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