References & Links

Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank Peter Schuchert (Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Genève) and Gil Mapstone (British Museum of Natural History) for their help with species identification.

References and extra information:

• Alvariño A, 1971.  Siphonophores of the Pacific with a review of the world distribution. Univerisity of California Press.
• Dunn CW, Wagner GP, 2006.  The evolution of colony-level development in the Siphonophora (Cnidaria:Hydrozoa).  Dev. Genes Evolution, 216: 743-754.
• Pages F, Pugh PR, 2002. Fuseudoxid: the elusive sexual stage of the calycophoran siphonophore Crustallophyes amygdalina (Clausophyidae:Crystallophyinae).  Acta Zoologica, 83: 329-336.
• Pugh PR, Pages F, 1995.  Is Lensia reticulata a diphyine species(Siphonophorae, Calycophora, Diphyidae)? A re-description.  Scientia Marina, 59: 181-192.
• Quark PPG, 2007.  Cnidaria.  GRBQ 118-168.
• Sabates A, Pages F, Dacha A, Fuentes V, Purcell JE, Gili JM, 2010.  Planktonic cnidarian distribution and feeding of Pelagia noctulica in the NW Mediterranean Sea.  Hydrobiologia 645: 153-165.
• Sanvicente-Añorve L, Alatorre MA, Flores-Coto C, Alba C,2007.  Relationships between fish larvae and siphonophores in the water column: effect of wind-induced turbulence and thermocline depth.  ICES Journal of Marine Science 64: 878-888.