WoRMS taxon details
Forskalia contorta (Milne-Edwards, 1841)
AphiaID: 152179
AphiaID: 152179
| 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 edwardsii Lesson, 1843 Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893 Stephanomia contorta Milne Edwards, 1841 Stephanomia excisa Leuckart, 1853 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: 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): 212-229, pls 7-9 [details] basis of record: 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: 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] redescription: Pugh, P. R. 2003. A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History 37: 1281-1327. page(s): 1291-1299, figs 9-15 [details] basis of record (from synonym): Leuckart, R., 1853. Zoologische Untersuchungen. I. Siphonophoren. page(s): 3, 38 etc [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Lesson, R.P., 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. : i-vii, 1-596. page(s): 519-526 [details] [view taxon] additional source (from synonym): Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. page(s): 102-108, figs 56-60, pl.20 figs 3-4 [details] [view taxon] additional source (from synonym): Pagès, F. & J.M. Gili, 1992. Siphonophores (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Benguela Current (southeastern Atlantic). In: F. Pagès; J.-M. Gili & J. Bouillon, eds, Planktonic Cnidarians of the Benguela Current. Scientia Marina 56 suppl. 1: 65-112. page(s): 74, fig. 11 [details] [view taxon] additional source (from synonym): Daniel, R. 1985. The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Coelenterata: Hydrozoa, Siphonophora. Zoological Survey of India Publication, Calcutta, India. page(s): 111-112, fig.26 [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Bedot, M. 1893. Revision de la famille des Forskaliidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1, 231-254. page(s): 231-254 [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Pugh, P. R. Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth (personal database). [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mediterranean Sea [details] Villefranche-Sur-Mer [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Distribution: Pugh 2003 [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152179 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Forskalia contorta (Milne-Edwards, 1841). In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152179 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||||||||
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