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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.
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A new species of Physophora, belonging to the physonect family of siphonophores Physophoridae is described. It can easily be distinguished from the only other recognised species in that family, P. hydrostatica, by the presence of two types of bracts. The arrangement of the palpons and bracts throws new light on the cormidial organisation of the physophorids, and comparisons are made between both species. The validity of an enigmatic physophorid species, Discolabe quadrigata, is discussed.
Systematics, Taxonomy
Discolabe quadrigata Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775 (source of synonymy)
Physophora gilmeri Pugh, 2005 (original description)
Physophora gilmeri Pugh, 2005 (ecology source)
Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775 (redescription)
Physophoridae Eschscholtz, 1829 (redescription)
Physophora gilmeri Pugh, 2005 (original description)
Physophora gilmeri Pugh, 2005 (ecology source)
Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775 (redescription)
Physophoridae Eschscholtz, 1829 (redescription)
Bahamas part of the North Atlantic Ocean for Physophora gilmeri Pugh, 2005
North East Atlantic for Physophora gilmeri Pugh, 2005
North East Atlantic for Physophora gilmeri Pugh, 2005
Diagnosis
Physonect siphonophores with a vertical nectosome, nectophores budded off on ventral side of stem, with complexly ... [details]
