MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Diphyes Cuvier, 1817

ERMS taxon details

Diphyes Cuvier, 1817

Diphyes dispar, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

AphiaID

135362 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135362)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Diphyidae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Parent

Diphyinae Quoy & Gaimard, 1827

Original name

Diphyes Cuvier, 1817

Synonymised names

Eudoxia Eschscholtz, 1825 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Diphyes bojani (Eschscholtz, 1825)
Species Diphyes dispar Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
Species Diphyes arctica Chun, 1897 accepted as Dimophyes arctica (Chun, 1897) (basionym)
Species Diphyes ovata Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860 accepted as Kephyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860) (basionym)
Species Diphyes subtilis Chun, 1886 accepted as Lensia subtilis (Chun, 1886) (basionym)
Species Diphyes truncata Sars, 1846 accepted as Lensia conoidea (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860) (invalid homonym of Diphyes truncata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 )

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709
page(s): 61 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Diphyes Cuvier, 1817. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135362 on 2026-02-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Diphyes Cuvier, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135362 on 2026-02-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-25 08:59:29Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2006-07-31 06:57:06Z

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Camba Reu, Cibran

2010-04-15 15:19:57Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-09 19:33:49Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2013-12-29 12:42:38Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2015-04-17 05:47:15Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Cuvier, Georges L., 1817. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation : pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. VOLUME 4. Les Zoophytes, les Tables, et les Planches. Deterville, Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17709
page(s): 61 [details]

original description (of Eudoxia 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]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in RoR) [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 RoR) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Okemwa, E.N. (1989). Analysis of six 24 hours series of zooplankton sampling across a tropical creek, the Port Reitz, Mombasa, Kenya. Tropical Zoology 2:123-138., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1989.10539433 [details]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]