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

Forskalia tholoides Haeckel, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Forskalia*	Kölliker, 1853	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ネギボウズクラゲ

Literature

original description	Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50.
additional source	Daniel, R. (1985). The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Coelenterata: Hydrozoa, Siphonophora. Zoological Survey of India Publication. Calcutta, India.
redescription	Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History. 37: 1281-1327.
ecology source	Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50.
ecology source	Madin, L.P. (1988). Feeding behaviour of tentaculate predators: in situ observations and a conceptual model. Bulletin of Marine Science. 43(3): 413-429.
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally)	Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 22: 1-46.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Forskalia tholoides Haeckel, 1888. 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:196539