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Forskalia asymmetrica Pugh, 2003 
AphiaID: 196540

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
Sources  original description: Pugh, P. R. 2003. A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History 37: 1281-1327.
page(s): 1313, figs 33-39 [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]

context source (Deepsea): Pugh, P. R. Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth (personal database). [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Links To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
Note  Distribution: 13 specimens from JSL I: 8 from Bahamas, 3 from Alboran Sea, med, 4 from canyons off Woods Hole [details]
Images 
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To AnimalsAndEarth (David Shale)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196540
Taxonomic
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2006-01-20 13:52:22Z  created  Mapstone, Gill
  
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  Citation: Mapstone, G. (2013). Forskalia asymmetrica Pugh, 2003. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196540 on 2013-05-24
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