WoRMS taxon details
Diphyes bojani (Eschscholtz, 1825)
135419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135419)
accepted
Species
Diphyes serrata Chun, 1888 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Diphyes steenstrupi Gegenbaur, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym)
Diphyopsis bojani (Eschscholtz, 1825) · unaccepted
Ersaea bojani Chun, 1888 · unaccepted
Ersaea picta Chun, 1892 · unaccepted
Eudoxia bojani Eschscholtz, 1825 · unaccepted (basionym)
Eudoxia serrata Chun, 1888 · unaccepted (homotypic synonym, eudoxid stage...)
homotypic synonym, eudoxid stage of Diphyes serrata
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Eudoxia bojani Eschscholtz, 1825) Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 743 [details]
(of Ersaea bojani Chun, 1888) Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 743 [details]
page(s): 743 [details]
(of Ersaea bojani Chun, 1888) Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 743 [details]
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06
Distribution cosmopolitan, warm
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06 [details]
Distribution cosmopolitan, warm
Distribution cosmopolitan, warm [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Diphyes bojani (Eschscholtz, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135419 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eudoxia bojani Eschscholtz, 1825) Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 743 [details]
original description (of Diphyes serrata Chun, 1888) Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.</em> 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1158 [details]
original description (of Diphyes steenstrupi Gegenbaur, 1859) Gegenbaur C. (1859). Neue Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Siphonophoren. <em>Novorum actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum.</em> 27: 331-424, pls 26-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2063887
page(s): 369, pl. 29, fig. 27-29 [details]
original description (of Ersaea bojani Chun, 1888) Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 743 [details]
original description (of Ersaea picta Chun, 1892) Chun, C. 1892. Die Canarischen Siphonophoren in monographischen Darstellungen. II. Die Monophydien. - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 18: 57-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26183600
page(s): 98, fig. 6, pl. 11, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Eudoxia serrata Chun, 1888) Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.</em> 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1159 [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]
new combination reference Bigelow H.B. (1911c). The Siphonophorae. Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. Albatross XXIII. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 38: 173-401, 32 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32451
page(s): 251 [details]
page(s): 743 [details]
original description (of Diphyes serrata Chun, 1888) Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.</em> 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1158 [details]
original description (of Diphyes steenstrupi Gegenbaur, 1859) Gegenbaur C. (1859). Neue Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Siphonophoren. <em>Novorum actorum Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum.</em> 27: 331-424, pls 26-32., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2063887
page(s): 369, pl. 29, fig. 27-29 [details]
original description (of Ersaea bojani Chun, 1888) Eschscholtz, Johann Friedrich von. (1825). Bericht über die zoologische Ausbeute während der Reise von Kronstadt bis St. Peter und Paul. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1825(6): 733-747, plate V., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27509188
page(s): 743 [details]
original description (of Ersaea picta Chun, 1892) Chun, C. 1892. Die Canarischen Siphonophoren in monographischen Darstellungen. II. Die Monophydien. - Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 18: 57-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26183600
page(s): 98, fig. 6, pl. 11, fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Eudoxia serrata Chun, 1888) Chun, C. (1888). Berichte über eine nach den Canarischen Inseln im Winter 1887/88. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Königlidch Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.</em> 1888: 1141-1173. (English translation in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3: 214-246, 1889)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29368183
page(s): 1159 [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]
new combination reference Bigelow H.B. (1911c). The Siphonophorae. Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. Albatross XXIII. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 38: 173-401, 32 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32451
page(s): 251 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 125 [details]
page(s): 125 [details]
Ecology
ecology 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. [details]
ecology source Kawamura, T. (1915). Caliconectid siphonophorae. IV. <em>Zool. Mag. (Tokyo) (Dobuts. Zhasshi).</em> 27 (8): 428-440, pl. 12. (In Japanese) (Hippopodids end, Diphyids). [details]
ecology source Kawamura, T. (1915). Caliconectid siphonophorae. IV. <em>Zool. Mag. (Tokyo) (Dobuts. Zhasshi).</em> 27 (8): 428-440, pl. 12. (In Japanese) (Hippopodids end, Diphyids). [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
context source (Bermuda) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06 [details]Unreviewed
Biology abundant [details]Distribution cosmopolitan, warm [details]
Habitat epi-mesopelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トガリフタツクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diphyes steenstrupi Gegenbaur, 1859)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diphyes bojani)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Eudoxia bojani Eschscholtz, 1825)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Diphyes steenstrupi Gegenbaur, 1859)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (18 records) (from synonym Ersaea bojani Chun, 1888)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (251 records) (from synonym Diphyopsis bojani (Eschscholtz, 1825))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Diphyes serrata Chun, 1888)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (52 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106786)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diphyes steenstrupi Gegenbaur, 1859)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diphyes bojani)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Eudoxia bojani Eschscholtz, 1825)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Diphyes steenstrupi Gegenbaur, 1859)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (18 records) (from synonym Ersaea bojani Chun, 1888)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (251 records) (from synonym Diphyopsis bojani (Eschscholtz, 1825))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (3 records) (from synonym Diphyes serrata Chun, 1888)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (52 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106786)
To ITIS
