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Physophoridae Eschscholtz, 1829 
AphiaID: 135348

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Physonectae (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Physonectae
Synonymised
taxa		  Physophorae (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Eschscholtz, F. 1829. System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at http://books.google.nl/books?id=ISRXpAmcqq4C&dq=inauthor%3A%22Johann%20Friedrich%20Eschscholtz%22&pg=PP9#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 139, in part [details]

basis of record: Mapstone, G. M. 2001. Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 120-122 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Bigelow, H. B. 1911. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “Albatross”, from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. -Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., commanding. XXIII. The Siphonophorae. Mem. Mus. Comp. Zoöl. Harvard Coll. 38 (2): 171-401, 32 pls.
page(s): 291 [details]

additional source: Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 83 [details]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: 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. [details]

from synonym: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Mapstone, Gill (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

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[hide all]		 Genus Physophora Forskal, 1775
  » Species Physophora gilmeri Pugh, 2005
» Species Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775
» Species Physophora bijuga delle Chiaje, 1844 accepted as Nanomia bijuga (delle Chiaje, 1844)
» Species Physophora discoidea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775
» Species Physophora edwardsi Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775
» Species Physophora magnifica Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775
» Species Physophora muzonema Lesueur & Petit, 1807 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775
» Species Physophora philippi Kolliker, 1853 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775
» Species Physophora rosacea Forskal, 1775 accepted as Athorybia rosacea (Forskål, 1775)

Genus Discolabe Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Physophora Forskal, 1775
  » Species Discolabe mediterranea Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775
» Species Discolabe quadrigata Haeckel, 1888 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135348
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Mapstone, Gill
2006-01-27 08:54:21Z  checked  Mapstone, Gill
  
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  Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Physophoridae Eschscholtz, 1829. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135348 on 2013-05-19
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