Lens and van Riemsdijk, 1908

Large, robust anterior nectophore whose mouth plate is partially divided. Deep hydroecium extending to over half the height of the nectophore, with thickened walls, and a large, central protuberance, where the posterior nectophore attaches. Thick somatocyst, irregularly expanded. Large, robust posterior nectophore, with relatively complicated arrangement of lateral radial canals on nectosac. The most characteristic feature is the presence of a pair of finger-like projections from the walls of the hydroecium, close to its apex.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hydrozoa
Subclass Siphonophorae
Order Calycophorae
Family Clausophyidae
Genus Clausophyes
Species Clausophyes galeata

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Clausophyes galeata Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species

Pugh P.R., Pagès F. 1993. A new species of Clausophyes (Siphonophorae, Clausophyidae), with a redescription of C. galeata and C. moserae. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 73:595-608.

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