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Bathyphysa conifera (Studer, 1878) worldwide distribution review

Dataset homepage

Citation

Guerrero E, Mapstone G (2021). Bathyphysa conifera (Studer, 1878) worldwide distribution review. Version 1.5. Institut de Ciències del Mar (CSIC). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15470/1mt1bz accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-24.

Description

A review of all reliable worldwide records (from literature and other sources) for the species Bathyphysa conifera has been carried out in order to gain a better knowledge of the present known distribution of this species, both geographical and bathymetric.

Purpose

Gain a better knowledge of the present known distribution of this species, Bathyphysa conifera, both geographical and bathymetric.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Worldwide.

Sampling

Bibliography review (1878 to 2020) and in vivo observation (picture and short film). See details in MAPSTONE, G., DIOSDADO, G., & GUERRERO, E. (2021). First shallow record of Bathyphysa conifera (Studer, 1878) (Siphonophora, Cystonectae), a live specimen in the Strait of Gibraltar. Worldwide species distribution review. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22(1), 51-58. doi:https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.23575

Quality Control

Siphonophore experts and peer review publication; MAPSTONE, G., DIOSDADO, G., & GUERRERO, E. (2021). First shallow record of Bathyphysa conifera (Studer, 1878) (Siphonophora, Cystonectae), a live specimen in the Strait of Gibraltar. Worldwide species distribution review. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22(1), 51-58. doi:https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.23575

Method steps

  1. Bibliography review (1878 to 2020) and in vivo observation (picture and short film). Siphonophore experts and peer review publication; MAPSTONE, G., DIOSDADO, G., & GUERRERO, E. (2021). First shallow record of Bathyphysa conifera (Studer, 1878) (Siphonophora, Cystonectae), a live specimen in the Strait of Gibraltar. Worldwide species distribution review. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22(1), 51-58. doi:https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.23575

Taxonomic Coverages

Siphonophorae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) Animalia (Kingdom) Cnidaria (Phylum) Hydrozoa (Class) Hydroidolina (Subclass) Siphonophorae (Order) Cystonectae (Suborder) Rhizophysidae (Family) Bathyphysa (Genus) Bathyphysa conifera (Species)
  1. Bathyphysa conifera
    rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Worldwide distribution review.

Bibliographic Citations

  1. MAPSTONE, G., DIOSDADO, G., & GUERRERO, E. (2021). First shallow record of Bathyphysa conifera (Studer, 1878)(Siphonophora, Cystonectae), a live specimen in the Strait of Gibraltar. Worldwide species distribution review. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22(1), 51-58. doi: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.23575 - doi: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.23575

Contacts

Elena Guerrero
originator
position: PhD Researcher
Marine Sciences Institute (ICM-CSIC)
Barcelona
08003
ES
email: eguerrero@icm.csic.es
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elena_Guerrero
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1657-6648
Gillian Mapstone
originator
position: PhD Scientific Associate
Natural History Museum
London
GB
email: g.mapstone@nhm.ac.uk
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gillian_Mapstone
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-167X
Elena Guerrero
metadata author
position: PhD Researcher
Marine Sciences Institute (ICM-CSIC)
Barcelona
08003
ES
email: eguerrero@icm.csic.es
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elena_Guerrero
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1657-6648
Elena Guerrero
administrative point of contact
position: PhD Researcher
Marine Sciences Institute (ICM-CSIC)
Barcelona
08003
ES
email: eguerrero@icm.csic.es
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elena_Guerrero
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1657-6648
Gillian Mapstone
administrative point of contact
position: PhD Scientific Associate
Natural History Museum
London
GB
homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gillian_Mapstone
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5405-167X
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