WoRMS name details
Physsophora Forsskål, 1775
746071 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746071)
unaccepted (original but abandoned spelling)
Genus
- Species Physsophora bijuga Delle Chiaje, 1844 accepted as Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1844) (basionym)
- Species Physsophora discoidea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Physsophora filiformis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Rhizophysa filiformis (Forsskål, 1775) (basionym)
- Species Physsophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775 (spelling variant, not in use)
- Species Physsophora muzonema Lesueur & Petit, 1807 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Physsophora physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Physsophora rosacea Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Athorybia rosacea (Forsskål, 1775) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Physsophora Forsskål, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746071 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
Other
additional source
Forsskål, P.; Niebuhr, C. (1776). Icones rerum naturalium, quas in itinere orientali depingi curavit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris ad regis mandatum aeri incisas editit Carsten Niebuhr, 15 pp., 43 pls.; Hauniae [Copenhagen]: Ex officina Mölleri, aulae typographi, prostat apud Cl. Philibert,1776. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43533626
page(s): 10, pl. 33 figs E, e1-e2 [details]
page(s): 10, pl. 33 figs E, e1-e2 [details]