WoRMS taxon details
Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897)
135418 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135418)
accepted
Species
Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897 · unaccepted (basionym)
Diphyes borealis Chun, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Eudoxia arctica Chun, 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Muggiaea arctica (Chun, 1897) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897) Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 19, pl.1, figs 1-5, 9 [details]
page(s): 19, pl.1, figs 1-5, 9 [details]
Taxonomic remark Johansen and Levisons material incorrectly named Eudoxia eschscholtzi is referrable to Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897)
Depth range at all depths
Distribution cosmopolitan, excl. Mediterranean
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland,...
Taxonomic remark Johansen and Levisons material incorrectly named Eudoxia eschscholtzi is referrable to Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897) [details]
Depth range at all depths
Depth range at all depths [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan, excl. Mediterranean
Distribution cosmopolitan, excl. Mediterranean [details]
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland,...
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Shetlands and Hebrides. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135418 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897) Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 19, pl.1, figs 1-5, 9 [details]
original description (of Eudoxia arctica Chun, 1897) Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Diphyes borealis Chun, 1897) Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 99 [details]
basis of record Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) 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, 50: pp. 120-122. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 19, pl.1, figs 1-5, 9 [details]
original description (of Eudoxia arctica Chun, 1897) Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 19 [details]
original description (of Diphyes borealis Chun, 1897) Chun, C. (1897). Die Siphonophoren der Plankton-Expedition. Band II. <em>Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung.</em> 1-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2108844
page(s): 99 [details]
basis of record Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) 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, 50: pp. 120-122. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Mapstone, G. M. 2009. Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of Canadian Pacific waters. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 302 p [details]
ecology source Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
ecology source Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
additional source Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 106, fig.47 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1933). Contributions à l'étude de la faune belge: 3. Sur la présence du siphonophore calycophoride <i>Galetta australis</i> (Lesueur) dans la zone littorale belge [Contribution to the study of the Belgian fauna: 3. On the presence of the calycophoride siphonophore <i>Galetta australis</i> (Lesueur) in the Belgian littoral zone]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 9(38)</i>: 1-7 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 488, figs 3.67, 3.79 [details]
additional source Pagès, F. & Gili, J.M. (1992). Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 56 suppl. 1: 65-112.
page(s): 93, fig.37 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 106, fig.47 [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Leloup, E. (1933). Contributions à l'étude de la faune belge: 3. Sur la présence du siphonophore calycophoride <i>Galetta australis</i> (Lesueur) dans la zone littorale belge [Contribution to the study of the Belgian fauna: 3. On the presence of the calycophoride siphonophore <i>Galetta australis</i> (Lesueur) in the Belgian littoral zone]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 9(38)</i>: 1-7 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 488, figs 3.67, 3.79 [details]
additional source Pagès, F. & Gili, J.M. (1992). Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 56 suppl. 1: 65-112.
page(s): 93, fig.37 [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity.</em> Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Johansen and Levisons material incorrectly named Eudoxia eschscholtzi is referrable to Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897) [details]Unreviewed
Depth range at all depths [details]Distribution cosmopolitan, excl. Mediterranean [details]
Distribution This species is distributed in high abundances in the North-Atlantic ocean with a southern limit from Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Shetlands and Hebrides. [details]
Habitat upper epipelagic and glacial, and mesopelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カドナシフタツクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dimophyes arctica)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (59 records) (from synonym Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dimophyes arctica)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (59 records) (from synonym Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897)
To ITIS
