Genus Hormiphora L. Agassiz, 1860

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hormiphora Agassiz, L. 1860. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Vol. III. Pt. I. Acalephs in general. Pt. II. Ctenophoroe. Boston : Little Brown. [196, 294].
• Cydippe Gegenbaur, C. 1856. Studien uber organisation und systematik der Ctenophoren. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 22(1): 163-205, pls 7-8 [200] [junior homonym; genus not well defined; used to describe C. hormiphora].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Krumbach, T. 1925. Ctenophora. pp. 905-995 in Kukenthal, W. & Krumbach, T. (eds). Handbuch der Zoologie. Berlin : W. de Gruyter Vol. 1. [908]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

More or less cosmopolitan.

Diagnosis

Pleurobrachiidae with elongate cylindrical body, oval or egg-shaped; with tentacle bulbs running parallel to and closely along side the pharynx, typically quite long.

Diagnosis References

Mayer, A.G. 1912. Ctenophores of the Atlantic coast of North America. Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 162: 1-58 [15]

Wrobel, D. & Mills, C. 1998. Pacific Coast Pelagic Invertebrates. Monterey, California : Sea Challengers and Monterey Bay Aquarium 112 pp. [60, 61]

Note

An unidentified species of Hormiphora has bee reported in Australia by Edgar (1997, 2000); distribution reported as more or less cosmopolitan, and ecology as marine, planktonic, planktovore.

General References

Edgar, G.J. 1997. Australian Marine Life, the plants and animals of temperate waters. Kew, Victoria, Australia : Reed Books 544 pp.

Edgar, G.J. 2000. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland Revised Edn, 544 pp.

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