WoRMS taxon details
Physalia Lamarck, 1801
135382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135382)
accepted
Genus
Physalia pelagica Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Arethusa Oken, 1815 · unaccepted (synonym)
Holothuria Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (Treated as junior synonym of...)
Treated as junior synonym of Physalia, Lamarcck, 1801
Physalis Tilesius, 1810 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
- Species Physalia megalista Lesueur & Petit, 1807
- Species Physalia minuta Church & Dunn
- Species Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788)
- Species Physalia australis Péron, 1807 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Physalia cymbiformis Delle Chiaje, 1830 accepted as Rosacea cymbiformis (Delle Chiaje, 1830) (basionym)
- Species Physalia gigantea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Physalia glauca Tilesius, 1810 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Physalia pelagica Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Physalia pelasgica Bosc, 1802 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 355 [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Physalia Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135382 on 2025-06-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Holothuria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Arethusa Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403
page(s): 126 ; note: All generic names proposed by Oken (1815) in his Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3 are placed on the Official Index of Unavailable Names by ICZN Opinion 417 (1956). [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Holothuria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Arethusa Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. <em>Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403
page(s): 126 ; note: All generic names proposed by Oken (1815) in his Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3 are placed on the Official Index of Unavailable Names by ICZN Opinion 417 (1956). [details]
Other
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カツオノエボシ属 | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arethusa) (from synonym Arethusa Oken, 1815)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Holothuria) (from synonym Holothuria Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Physalia)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Physalis) (from synonym Physalis Tilesius, 1810)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 035012)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Holothuria) (from synonym Holothuria Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Physalia)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Physalis) (from synonym Physalis Tilesius, 1810)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 035012)
To ITIS
