Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Physonectae

Physophoridae Eschscholtz, 1829

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Physophora Forsskål, 1775

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: バレンクラゲ科

Literature

original description	Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
additional source	Bigelow H.B. (1911c). The Siphonophorae. Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. Albatross XXIII. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 38: 173-401, 32 pls.
additional source	Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
redescription	Pugh, P. R. 2005. A new species of Physophora (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Physophoridae) from the North Atlantic, with comments on related species. Systematics and Biodiversity 2 3: 251-270.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Physophoridae Eschscholtz, 1829. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135348