WoRMS taxon details
Halistemma cupulifera Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908
287285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287285)
accepted
Species
Paragalma birnsteini Margulis, 1976 · unaccepted (New specimens have allowed this...)
New specimens have allowed this species to be compared with Halistemma cupulifera, and thus to consider it a junior synonym of that species.
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lens, A. D. and van Riemsdijk, T. 1908. The Siphonophora of the “Siboga” Expedition. Siboga Exped. 9: 1-130, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022020
page(s): 85, pl.16 figs 116-119 [details]
page(s): 85, pl.16 figs 116-119 [details]
Type locality contained in Indonesian part of the Banda Sea
type locality contained in Indonesian part of the Banda Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Halistemma cupulifera Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287285 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Lens, A. D. and van Riemsdijk, T. 1908. The Siphonophora of the “Siboga” Expedition. Siboga Exped. 9: 1-130, 24 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16022020
page(s): 85, pl.16 figs 116-119 [details]
original description (of Paragalma birnsteini Margulis, 1976) Margulis, R. Ya. 1976. New genera of the suborder Physophorae from the Indian Ocean. Zool. Zh. 55 (8): 1244-1246. (In Russian).
page(s): 1244 [details]
page(s): 85, pl.16 figs 116-119 [details]
original description (of Paragalma birnsteini Margulis, 1976) Margulis, R. Ya. 1976. New genera of the suborder Physophorae from the Indian Ocean. Zool. Zh. 55 (8): 1244-1246. (In Russian).
page(s): 1244 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Pugh, P. R.; Baxter, E. J. (2014). A review of the physonect siphonophore genera <em>Halistemma</em> (Family Agalmatidae) and <em>Stephanomia</em> (Family Stephanomiidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3897(1): 1., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03897p111f.pdf [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Pagès, F.; Madin, L. P. (2010). Siphonophores eat fish larger than their stomachs. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26): 2248-2250., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.026 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Pages, F.; Madin, L. P. (2010). Siphonophores eat fish larger than their stomachs. Deep-Sea Research II, 57: 2248-2250 [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 Pugh, P. R., and Youngbluth, M. J. 1988a. A new species of Halistemma (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Agalmidae) collected by submersible. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 68 (1): 1-14. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Pages, F.; Madin, L. P. (2010). Siphonophores eat fish larger than their stomachs. Deep-Sea Research II, 57: 2248-2250 [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 Pugh, P. R., and Youngbluth, M. J. 1988a. A new species of Halistemma (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Agalmidae) collected by submersible. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 68 (1): 1-14. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
