Genus Orthopyxis L. Agassiz, 1862

Museums

Regional Maps

• Orthopyxis Agassiz, L. 1862. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Second monograph. In five parts — Pt. I Acalephs in general. Pt. II Ctenophore. Pt. III. Discophorae. Pt. IV. Hydroidae. Pt. V. Homologies of the Radiata. Boston, London : Little Brown, Trubner Vol. IV i-viii, 380 pp. + (1-10), pls 20-35.

  Type species:

   Clytia (Orthopyxis) poterium L. Agassiz, 1862 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

General References

Vervoort, W. & Watson, J.E. 2003. Marine Fauna of New Zealand. Leptothecata (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) (Thecate Hydroids). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 119: 1-538 [433]

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