Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Physonectae > Family Forskaliidae > Genus Forskalia

Forskalia edwardsii Kölliker, 1853

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Forskalia*	Kölliker, 1853	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オオツクシクラゲ

Literature

original description	Kölliker, A. 1853. Die Schwimmpolypen oder Siphonophoren von Messina. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann. Pp. 1-96, pls 12.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.
additional source	Keferstein, W., and Ehlers, E. 1861. Beobachtungen über die Siphonophoren von Neapel und Messina. Zoologische Beiträge gesammelt im Winter 1859/60 in Neapel und Messina. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.
additional source	Moser, F. (1925). Die Siphonophoren der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 17 (Zoologie Band 9):. 1-541, pls 1-33.
additional source	Lens, A. D. and van Riemsdijk, T. 1908. The Siphonophora of the “Siboga” Expedition. Siboga Exped. 9: 1-130, 24 pls.
additional source	Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History. 37: 1281-1327.
additional source	Totton, A. K. (1954). Siphonophora of the Indian Ocean together with systematic and biological notes on related specimens from other oceans. Discovery Rep. 27: 1-162.
additional source	Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
additional source	Bedot, M. 1893. Revision de la famille des Forskaliidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1, 231-254.
redescription	Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History. 37: 1281-1327.
ecology source	Luo, J.; Grassian, B.; Tang, D.; Irisson, J.; Greer, A.; Guigand, C.; McClatchie, S.; Cowen, R. (2014). Environmental drivers of the fine-scale distribution of a gelatinous zooplankton community across a mesoscale front. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 510: 129-149.
ecology source	Madin, L.P. (1988). Feeding behaviour of tentaculate predators: in situ observations and a conceptual model. Bulletin of Marine Science. 43(3): 413-429.

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Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Forskalia edwardsii Kölliker, 1853. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135501