Totton, 1941

Description
Anterior nectophore [Lensia hotspur ]: small, with five complete ridges. The hydroecium is reduced to a small depression in the mouth plate. The short, ovate somatocyst is angled obliquely and has a short stalk.
Posterior nectophore: difficult to distinguish from that of other Lensia species, but it has a rounded notch on the mouth plate.
Eudoxid: the eudoxid stage has not been identified.

Size
Anterior nectophore usually less than 10 mm in height.

Depth range
Occurring mainly in the upper 250 m.

Remarks
The gonophores of all Lensia species are difficult to identify on species level and will not be described.

Distribution in the North Sea
Possibly northern North Sea.

World distribution
Warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

[After Kirkpatrick and Pugh, 1984]

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Superclass Hydrozoa
Class Siphonophora
Order Calycophorae
Family Diphyidae
Subfamily Diphyinae
Genus Lensia
Species Lensia hotspur

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Lensia hotspur Totton, 1941

Scientific synonyms and common names

Lensia hotspur | Totton, 1954 (Non L. hotspur Totton, 1941)

Kirkpatrick, P.A. and P.R. Pugh, 1984. Siphonophores and Velellids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), No. 29. Brill/Backhuys, London.

Totton, A.K., 1965. A synopsis of the Siphonophora. British Museum (Natural History). London, 230 pp, 153 figs, 40 pls.

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