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WoRMS taxon details
 Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) AphiaID: 135479
| Status | | accepted |
| Rank | | Species |
| Parent | | Physalia Lamarck, 1801 |
Synonymised
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Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788 (synonym)
Physalia pelagica Lamarck, 1801 (synonym)
Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788) (synonym)
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/3/mode/1up [details]
additional source Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) 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 Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Calder, D. 2003 MS. Checklist of Hydroids, hydromedusae and siphonophores reported from the Bay of Fundy. [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p. [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (2009). Siphonophorae (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 395–402. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D.; Gershwin, L.; Brook, F.J.; Pugh, P.; Dawson, E.W.; Ocaña O.V.; Vervoort, W.; Williams, G.; Watson, J.E.; Opresko, D.M.; Schuchert, P.; Hine, P.M.; Gordon, D.P.; Campbell, H.J.; Wright, A.J.; Sánchez, J.A.; Fautin, D.G. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 59-101., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details]
redescription Kirkpatrick, P.A.; Pugh, P.R. (1984). Siphonophores and velellids: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 29. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07470-8. vi, 154 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 26, fig.5 [details]
basis of record (of Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788)) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40493#page/5/mode/1up
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Physalia pelagica Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau general des classes, des orders et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturelles et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. published by the author and Deterville, Paris : pp. VIII + 432., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 356 [details]
original description (of Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J.F., 1788-1793. In: Linné, C., Systema naturae, Edit. 13 aucta et reformata cura J.F. Gmelin. 10 vols, Lipsiae. 1788-1793 et Lugduni, 1789-1796. -1,6, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#page/5/mode/1up
page(s): 3155 [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) (of Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788) De La Martinière, ... (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. Obsns. Mém. Phys. Paris, Also published in: J.F.G. Pérouse, 1797, Voyage de Pérouse autour du monde, 4: 61-72, Atlas, pl. 20. Paris. 31(2):207-209, pl. 2 figs. 1-7; 264-266, pl. 2 figs. 8-12; 365-366, pl. 2 figs. 13-15 (ix, x, xi, 1787)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29344#page/387/mode/1up
page(s): 365 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
Catalan |
fragata portuguesacaravel·la portuguesa |
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Dutch |
Portugees oorlogsschip |
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English |
Portuguese man-of-warPortuguese man o’ warbluebottle |
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French |
vessie de mergalère portugaise |
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German |
Portugiesische Galeere |
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Italian |
caravella portoghese |
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Japanese |
 カツオノエボシ |
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Spanish |
carabela portuguesabotella azul |
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Distribution | | From editor or global species database
Bass Strait
Australian part of the Bass Strait [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean [details]
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North Pacific Ocean
Japanese part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Sargasso Sea
Sargasso Sea [details]
South Atlantic Ocean
Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean [details]
South Atlantic [details]
(no group)
Atlantic Europe [details]
Atlantic Ocean [details]
Hawaii [details]
Tropical Pacific Ocean [details]
From other sources
Bay of Fundy
Cobscook Bay [details]
Canada
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
France
Boulogne-sur-Mer [details]
Bretagne [details]
Dunkerque [details]
Villefranche-Sur-Mer [details]
Wimereux (doubtful) [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico [details]
New Zealand
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North East Atlantic [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
North Pacific Ocean
North Pacific [details]
North Sea
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom
Plymouth [details]
(no group)
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
North East Pacific [details]
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| Links | | Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (41 records)
To ITIS
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| Notes | | From editor or global species database
Original Combination Holothuria physalis Linnaeus, 1758: 657 [details]
From other sources
Biology pleustonic [details]
Dimensions horizontal length of whole animal up to 300 mm or more [details]
Distribution mainly (sub)tropical [details]
Habitat pelagic [details]
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| | | Citation: Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2013). Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Schuchert, P. (2017). World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135479 on 2017-07-12 |
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