North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Hormiphora L. Agassiz, 1860

Hormiphora palmata Juvenile Type Material, assigned to Hormiphora hormiphora by Bigelow, 1912

AphiaID

106344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106344)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cydippidae Gegenbaur, 1856

Original name

Hormiphora L. Agassiz, 1860

Synonymised names

Sabaudia Ghigi, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (based on synonymy of type species)

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Species Hormiphora australis (Benham, 1907)
Species Hormiphora cucumis (Mertens, 1833)
Species Hormiphora hormiphora (Gegenbaur, 1856)
Species Hormiphora plumosa (M. Sars, 1859) accepted as Hormiphora hormiphora (Gegenbaur, 1856) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1860). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. 3 :1-301., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16063102
page(s): 196 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Hormiphora L. Agassiz, 1860. 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=106344 on 2026-08-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Hormiphora L. Agassiz, 1860. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=106344 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2024-01-03 10:20:43Z

changed

Paulay, Gustav

2024-01-03 21:31:11Z

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Paulay, Gustav

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original description Agassiz, L. (1860). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. 3 :1-301., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16063102
page(s): 196 [details]

original description (of Sabaudia Ghigi, 1909) Ghigi, A. (1909). Raccolte planctoniche fatte dalla R. Nave “Liguria” nel viaggio di circonnavigazione del 1903–1905. I. Ctenofori. Pubblicazioni del R. Instituto di Studi Superiori Practici e di Perfeziona-mento in Firenze Sezione di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 2: 1-24, pl. 1.
page(s): 19 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Ctenophora. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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. 122-123. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. Fiches d'identification du zooplancton, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Mianzan, H.; Dawson, E.W.; Mills, C. (2009). Phylum Ctenophora: comb jellies, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 49-58. [details]

additional source Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet]., available online at http://faculty.washington.edu/cemills/Ctenolist.html [details]

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