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Forskalia edwardsi Kölliker, 1853 
AphiaID: 135501

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Siphonophorae (Order) > Physonectae (Suborder) > Forskaliidae (Family) > Forskalia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Forskalia Kölliker, 1853
Synonymised
taxa
  Apolemia contorta Vogt, 1854
Forskalia misakiensis Kawamura, 1954 (synonym)
Forskalia ophiura Schneider, 1898
Stephanomia atlantica Fewkes, 1882
Stephanomia contorta Leuckart, 1853
Stephanomia prolifera Milne Edwards, 1841
Sources  original description: Kölliker, A. 1853. Die schwimmpolypen oder Siphonophoren von Messina. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. Pp. 1-96, pls 12.
page(s): 2-10, pls 1-2 [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: 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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Pugh, P. R. 2003. A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History 37: 1281-1327.
page(s): 1283-1291, figs 1-8 [details]


additional source: Totton, A. K. 1954. Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. Discovery Rep. 27: 1-162.
page(s): 71-72 txt figs 29-30 [details]


additional source: Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 100-102, figs 52-55, pl.20 figs 1-2 [details]


additional source: Lens, A. D. and van Riemsdijk, T. 1908. The Siphonophora of the “Siboga” Expedition. Siboga Exped. 9: 1-130, 24 pls.
page(s): 65-66, pl.10 figs 82-83 [details]


additional source: Pugh, P. R. and R. Gasca. 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: Moser, F. 1917. Die siphonophoren der Adria und ihre Beziehungen zu denen des Weltmeeres. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 126 (9): 703-763.
page(s): 737-740 (in part) [details]


additional source: Keferstein, W., and Ehlers, E. 1861. Beobachtungen über die Siphonophoren von Neapel und Messina. Zoologische Beiträge gesammelt im Winter 1859/60 in Neapel und Messina. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.
page(s): 28-29, pl.5 fig.25 [details]


additional source: Bedot, M. 1893. Revision de la famille des Forskaliidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1, 231-254.
page(s): 231-254 [details]


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

original description (from synonym): Milne Edwards, H. 1841. Observations sur la structure et les functions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustaces de cote de la France. Ann. Sci. nat. (2) 16: 193-232, 10 pls.
page(s): 217-229, pl.10 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Leuckart, R., 1853. Zoologische Untersuchungen. I. Siphonophoren.
page(s): 1-95 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Vogt, C. 1854. Recherches sur les animaux inférieurs de la Méditerranée. 1. Sur les Siphonophores de la mer de Nice. Mém. Inst. Natn. genèv. 1: 1-164.
page(s): 85-92, pls 13, 14 figs 1-6 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Fewkes, J.W., 1882. Notes on acalephs from the Tortugas, with a description of new genera and species. In: Explorations of the surface fauna of the Gulf Stream, under the auspices of the U.S. Coast Survey, by Alexander Agassiz. Bull. Mus. comp. Zoöl. Harv. 9 7: 251-289.
page(s): 264-266, pl.5 fig.1, pl.6 figs 18-22 [details] [view taxon]


basis of record (from synonym): Schneider, K. C. 1898. Mittheilungen über Siphonophoren. III. Systematische und andere Bemerkungen. Zool. Anz. 21: 51-57, 73-97, 114-133, 153-173, 185-200.
page(s): 157 [details] [view taxon]


context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic Europe [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Villefranche-Sur-Mer [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: cosmopolitan [details]

Distribution: Pugh 2003 [details]

Habitat: epipelagic [details]
Images 
Forskalia edwardsi probably (see below)
Forskalia edwardsi probably (see below)
added on 2006-01-31 - author: Gaynor Kenna
qualitystatus: checked by Mapstone, Gill on 2013-05-01 18:17:38

Forskalia edwardsi Kölliker, 1853, probably (see comment above)
Forskalia edwardsi Kölliker, 1853, probably (see comment above)
added on 2006-05-06 - author: Gaynor Kenna
qualitystatus: checked by Mapstone, Gill on 2013-05-01 18:18:02

Forskalia edwardsi Koelliker, 1853 , probably
Forskalia edwardsi Koelliker, 1853 , probably
added on 2009-09-14 - author: Schuchert, Peter
qualitystatus: checked by Mapstone, Gill on 2013-05-01 18:20:59

Forskalia sp,
Forskalia sp,
added on 2012-02-16 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mapstone, Gill on 2013-05-01 18:27:41

Forskalia sp.
Forskalia sp.
added on 2012-02-16 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: checked by Mapstone, Gill on 2013-05-01 18:28:24
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135501
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Mapstone, Gill
2006-01-20 13:52:22Z  checked  Mapstone, Gill
  
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  Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Forskalia edwardsi Kölliker, 1853. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135501 on 2013-06-19
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