North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859

Sphaeronectes koellikeri, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

AphiaID

135381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135381)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Sphaeronectes koellikeri Huxley, 1859 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Sphaeronectidae Huxley, 1859

Original name

Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859

Direct children (6)

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Species Sphaeronectes bougisi Carré, 1968
Species Sphaeronectes fragilis Carré, 1968
Species Sphaeronectes gamulini Carré, 1968
Species Sphaeronectes irregularis (Claus, 1873)
Species Sphaeronectes koellikeri Huxley, 1859
Species Sphaeronectes gracilis (Claus, 1873) accepted as Sphaeronectes koellikeri Huxley, 1859 (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 50 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=135381 on 2026-07-29

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Sphaeronectes Huxley, 1859. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=135381 on 2026-07-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-19 19:27:14Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2015-04-17 05:47:15Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10599749
page(s): 50 [details]

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

redescription Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf [details]