Deep-Sea taxon details
Forskalia contorta (Milne Edwards, 1841)
152179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152179)
accepted
Species
Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2)16: 193-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730650
page(s): 217-229, pls 7-9 [details]
page(s): 217-229, pls 7-9 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Forskalia contorta (Milne Edwards, 1841). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152179 on 2026-08-15
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Forskalia contorta (Milne Edwards, 1841). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152179 on 2026-08-15
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original description
(of Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893) Bedot, M. 1893. Revision de la famille des Forskaliidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1, 231-254. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10087960
page(s): 234 [details]
original description (of ) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2)16: 193-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730650
page(s): 217-229, pls 7-9 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, L.M. Nigro, C.J. Sweetman, N.J. Copley, T. Sutton & P.H. Wiebe. (2010). A 'Rosetta Stone' for metazoan zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of species diversity of the Sargasso Sea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Wiebe, P.H., S. Schnack-Schiel & S. Nishida (eds.). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26):2234-2247., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.025 [details] Available for editors
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)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 37: 1281-1327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120638
page(s): 1291-1299, figs 9-15 [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 37: 1281-1327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120638 [details]
ecology source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
original description (of ) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2)16: 193-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730650
page(s): 217-229, pls 7-9 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, L.M. Nigro, C.J. Sweetman, N.J. Copley, T. Sutton & P.H. Wiebe. (2010). A 'Rosetta Stone' for metazoan zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of species diversity of the Sargasso Sea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Wiebe, P.H., S. Schnack-Schiel & S. Nishida (eds.). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26):2234-2247., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.025 [details] Available for editors
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)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 37: 1281-1327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120638
page(s): 1291-1299, figs 9-15 [details]
ecology source Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 37: 1281-1327., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120638 [details]
ecology source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Forskalia contorta)
To Genbank
To PESI (from synonym Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Forskalia contorta)
To Genbank
To PESI (from synonym Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
