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

Forskalia contorta (Milne-Edwards, 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Forskalia*	Kölliker, 1853	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Forskalia leuckarti*	Bedot, 1893	synonym

Literature

original description	Milne Edwards, H. 1841. Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. - Annales des Sciences Naturelles (2)16: 193-232, 10 pls.
basis of record	Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31): 1-12
additional source	Moser, F. 1917. Die Siphonophoren der Adria und ihre Beziehungen zu denen des Weltmeeres. Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 126 (9): 703-763.
redescription	Pugh, P. R. 2003. A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History 37: 1281-1327.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Forskalia contorta (Milne-Edwards, 1841). In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152179