Physalia physalis
creator: Mapstone, Gill
creator: Schuchert, Peter
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135479 on 2026-08-30
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2021-05-28T07:40:56Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Hydrozoa
family: Physaliidae
genus: Physalia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bory De Saint-Vincent J.B.G.M. (1804). Voyage dans les quatre principales îles des mers d'Afrique : fait par ordre du gouvernement, pendant les années neuf et dix de la République (1801 et 1802), 3 text volumes & 1 plate volume. F. Buisson, Paris.
name published in: Bosc, L. A. G. (1802). Histoire Naturelle des Vers: contenant leur description et leurs moeurs, avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Guilleminet, Paris, chez Deterville. 3 vols. 324 pp. + pls. 1-10; 300 pp. + pls. 11-25; 270 pp. + pls. 26-32. 1-324.
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière.
name published in: Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp.
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. 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]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates].
name published in: Osbeck, P. (1765). Reise nach Ostindien und China. Nebst O. Toreens Reise nach Suratte und C. G. Ekebergs Nachricht von den Landwirthschaft der Chineser. Rostock. i-xxvi + 1-552 + 25-p. index, Pls. 1-13. [German translation by J. G. Georgius. J. C. Koppe].
name published in: Péron, F. [& L. Freycinet]. (1807-1816). Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi,. ... pendant les années 1800. 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris. I: xv + 496 pp. [1807]; II: xxxi + 471 pp. [1816]; Atlas, 65 pls & maps.
name published in: Tilesius W.G. (1810). Über die Seeblasen... In Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 1806 unter dem Commando des Capitains von der Kaiserlichen Marine. A. J. von Krusenstern. Atlas Zool., pl. 23, figs. 1 - 6. 3: 1 - 108.
name published in year: 1804
name published in year: 1802
name published in year: 1816
name published in year: 1801
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1815 - 1816
name published in year: 1765
name published in year: 1807-1816
name published in year: 1810
order: Siphonophorae
parent name usage ID: 135382
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: physalis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted