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Physophora Forskal, 1775 
AphiaID: 135397

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Physonectae (Suborder) > Physophoridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Parent Physophoridae Eschscholtz, 1829
Synonymised
taxa
  Discolabe Eschscholtz, 1829
Sources  basis of record: Forskal P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit, Petrus forskäl; Prof. Haun. Post Mortem Auctoris Ed. Cartsen Neibuhr. , Hauniae, 215.
page(s): 119 [details]


additional source: Forskål, P., 1776. Icones rerum naturalium, quas in itinere orientali depingi curavit Petrus Forskål, Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris ad Regis mandatum æri incisas edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Copenhagen: Mölleri : pp. 15.
page(s): pl.33 fig.E [details]


additional source: Huxley, Th.H., 1859. The oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake", in the years 1846-50.
page(s): 78-85, pl.8 figs 1-12 [details]


additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: 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]

from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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): 155 [details] [view taxon]


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 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)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Nomenclature: The original published spelling was Physsophora[details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135397
Taxonomic
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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). Physophora Forskal, 1775. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135397 on 2013-05-19
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