MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873)

ERMS name details

Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873)

AphiaID

135477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135477)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Sphaeronectes koellikeri Huxley, 1859

Rank

Species

Parent

Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859

Original name

Monophyes gracilis Claus, 1873

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Claus, C. 1873. Ueber die Abstammung der Diplophysen und über eine neue Gruppen von Diphysiden. - Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen: 257-261.
page(s): 258 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135477 on 2026-09-16

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135477 on 2026-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-23 10:11:24Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-19 19:27:14Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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original description (of ) Claus, C. 1873. Ueber die Abstammung der Diplophysen und über eine neue Gruppen von Diphysiden. - Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen: 257-261.
page(s): 258 [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 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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS