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Siphonophora
| Description | The Siphonophorae or Siphonophora, the siphonophores, are an order of the hydrozoans, a class of marine animals belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marine Species, the order contains 188 species. Although a siphonophore may appear to be an individual organism, each specimen is in fact a colonial organism composed of small individual animals called zooids that have their own special function for survival. Most colonies are long, thin, transparent floaters living in the pelagic zone. Some siphonophores, such as the venomous Portuguese man o' war and the Indo-Pacific man o' war, superficially resemble jellyfish. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonophora, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Diplopoda : Siphonophorida : Siphonophoridae : Siphonophora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Myriapoda : Siphonophorida : Siphonophoridae : Siphonophora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Siphonophora Brandt, 1837 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. sci. Acad. imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg, 1(23): 178, 179 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (25%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Santiago-Blay and G. O. Poinar. 1992. Millipeds from Dominican amber, with the description of two new species (Diplopoda: Siphonophoridae) of Siphonophora. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85:363-369 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphonophora |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Siphonophora albiceps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora alveata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora andecola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora atopa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora aviceps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora brevicornis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora coatochira species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora coclensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora coctensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora columbianum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora compacta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora coniceps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora conicornis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora cornuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora costaricae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora cubana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora cuneata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora duschman species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora duse species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora dux species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora euneata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora fallens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora feae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora felix species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora festae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora filiformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora flaviceps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora graciliceps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora gracilior species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora guianana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora hebetunguis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora hoffmani ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Siphonophora hui ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Siphonophora humberti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora lafloridae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora larwoodi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora limitare species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora lineata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora longirostris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora loriae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora luteola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora luzoniensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora manni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora margaritafera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora margaritifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora media species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora meinerti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora millepeda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora minuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora modiglianii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora montana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora monzonica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora nansoriana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora nigrosignata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora obscurior species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora panamensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora parvula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora paulista species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora platops species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora porcullae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora portoricensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora progressor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora proxima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora pubescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora relicta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora robusta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora rosacea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora sabachana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora scolopacina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora senaria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora setifer species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora silhouettensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora spinosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora taenioides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora takashimai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora telana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora tenuicornis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora texascolens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora tobagoana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora trifini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora velezi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Siphonophora vera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora vinosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora virescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonophora zelandica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Yukatanium Verhoeff, 1941 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Diplopoda : Siphonophorida : Siphonophoridae : Yukatanium |
| Chamberlinium Verhoeff, 1941 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Diplopoda : Siphonophorida : Siphonophoridae : Chamberlinium |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1837 | Siphonophora Brandt |
| 1992 | Siphonophora Santiago-Blay and Poinar p. 366 |
| 2018 | Siphonophora Riquelme and Hernández-Patricio p. 638 |
| 2019 | Siphonophora Jiang et al. p. 35 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
