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

Forskalia contorta (Milne-Edwards, 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ForskaliaKölliker, 1853accepted genus name

Species group names

Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893 synonym

Literature

original description

Milne Edwards, H. 1841. Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. - Annales des Sciences Naturelles (2)16: 193-232, 10 pls.

basis of record

Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31): 1-12

additional source

Moser, F. 1917. Die Siphonophoren der Adria und ihre Beziehungen zu denen des Weltmeeres. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 126 (9): 703-763.

redescription

Pugh, P. R. 2003. A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History 37: 1281-1327.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Forskalia contorta (Milne-Edwards, 1841). In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152179

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2013-12-28 by Peter Schuchert

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