Hydrozoa taxon details
Kephyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
387273 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:387273)
accepted
Species
Clausophyes massiliana Patriti, 1969 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clausophyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860) · unaccepted
Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860 · unaccepted (basionym)
Galeolaria ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860) Keferstein, W., and Ehlers, E. (1860). Auszug aus den Beobachtungen über die Siphonophoren von Neapel und Messina angestellt in Winter 1859-60. <em>Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen.</em> No. 23: 254-262., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN668664029_1860
page(s): 260 [details]
page(s): 260 [details]
Distribution Mills et al 1996, Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06
Distribution Mills et al 1996, Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Kephyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387273 on 2025-03-31
original description
(of Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860) Keferstein, W., and Ehlers, E. (1860). Auszug aus den Beobachtungen über die Siphonophoren von Neapel und Messina angestellt in Winter 1859-60. <em>Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen.</em> No. 23: 254-262., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN668664029_1860
page(s): 260 [details]
original description (of Clausophyes massiliana Patriti, 1969) Patriti, G. (1969). <i>Clausophyes massiliana</i> sp. n. Nouvelle espèce de Siphonophore Calycophore bathypélagique des eaux méditerranéennes. <em>Tethys.</em> 1: 255-260.
page(s): 255 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, L.M. Nigro, C.J. Sweetman, N.J. Copley, T. Sutton & P.H. Wiebe. (2010). A 'Rosetta Stone' for metazoan zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of species diversity of the Sargasso Sea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Wiebe, P.H., S. Schnack-Schiel & S. Nishida (eds.). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26):2234-2247. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Pugh, P. R. 2006. Reclassification of the clausophyid siphonophore Clausophyes ovata into the genus Kephyes gen. nov. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 86 (5): 997-1004., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540601397x [details]
ecology source Mapstone, G. M. (2014). Global Diversity and Review of Siphonophorae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(2): e87737., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087737 [details]
ecology source Keferstein, W. and Ehlers, E. 1861. Zoologische Beiträge gesammelt in Winter 1859-1860 in Neapel und Messina, Leipzig. pp. viii + 112, 15 plates., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4760 [details]
page(s): 260 [details]
original description (of Clausophyes massiliana Patriti, 1969) Patriti, G. (1969). <i>Clausophyes massiliana</i> sp. n. Nouvelle espèce de Siphonophore Calycophore bathypélagique des eaux méditerranéennes. <em>Tethys.</em> 1: 255-260.
page(s): 255 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, L.M. Nigro, C.J. Sweetman, N.J. Copley, T. Sutton & P.H. Wiebe. (2010). A 'Rosetta Stone' for metazoan zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of species diversity of the Sargasso Sea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Wiebe, P.H., S. Schnack-Schiel & S. Nishida (eds.). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26):2234-2247. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Pugh, P. R. 2006. Reclassification of the clausophyid siphonophore Clausophyes ovata into the genus Kephyes gen. nov. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 86 (5): 997-1004., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s002531540601397x [details]
ecology source Mapstone, G. M. (2014). Global Diversity and Review of Siphonophorae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 9(2): e87737., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087737 [details]
ecology source Keferstein, W. and Ehlers, E. 1861. Zoologische Beiträge gesammelt in Winter 1859-1860 in Neapel und Messina, Leipzig. pp. viii + 112, 15 plates., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4760 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Mills et al 1996, Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06 [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clausophyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kephyes ovata)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Clausophyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
To PESI (from synonym Clausophyes massiliana Patriti, 1969)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clausophyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860))
To PESI (from synonym Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106629)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clausophyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kephyes ovata)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Clausophyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
To PESI (from synonym Clausophyes massiliana Patriti, 1969)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clausophyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860))
To PESI (from synonym Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106629)
