UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Physophora hydrostatica Forssk�l, 1775

Deep-Sea taxon details

Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775

Physophora hydrostatica, size about 5 cm

AphiaID

135504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135504)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Physophora Forsskål, 1775

Original name

Physsophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) 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]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Mills et al 1996, Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06, Pugh & Gasca in press.

Distribution Mills et al 1996, Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06, Pugh & Gasca in press. [details]

Distribution circum-(sub)tropical

Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775. 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=135504 on 2025-05-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135504 on 2025-05-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-20 13:52:22Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2010-12-20 12:52:03Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2012-10-19 14:09:18Z

changed

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-09 19:33:49Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2017-03-06 07:53:39Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) 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]

context source (HKRMS) Chen, Q. C. (1982). The marine zooplankton of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 789-799. [details] Available for editors

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Bigelow H.B. (1911c). The Siphonophorae. Reports of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. Albatross XXIII. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 38: 173-401, 32 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32451
page(s): 293, pl. 16, 1-9 [details]

additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 83, pl. 15 figs 1-10 [details]

additional source Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 145 [details]

additional source Pugh, P. R. & Gasca, R. (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]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Vogt, C. 1854. Recherches sur les animaux inferieures de la Mediterranée. 1. Sur les Siphonophores de la Mer de Nice. Mémoires de l'Institut National Genevois 1: 1 - 164, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11825990
page(s): 39-60, pls 3-6 [details]

additional source Kawamura, 1911. “Baren kurage” (Physophora hydrostatica Forsk.) Zool. Mag. (Tokyo) (Dobuts. Zhasshi) 23 (6): 309-323, plate 6 (In Japanese only).
page(s): 309-323, 2 figs [details]

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors

redescription Pugh, P. R. 2005. A new species of Physophora (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Physophoridae) from the North Atlantic, with comments on related species. Systematics and Biodiversity 2 3: 251-270.
page(s): 262 [details] Available for editors

ecology source Dunn, C. W.; Pugh, P. R.; Haddock, S. H. D. (2005). Molecular phylogenetics of the Siphonophora (Cnidaria), with implications for the evolution of functional specialisation. Syst. Biol. 54(6): 916-935. [details]