Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > 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
*Stephanomia contorta*	Milne Edwards, 1841	synonym

Literature

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
redescription	Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History. 37: 1281-1327.
ecology source	Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History. 37: 1281-1327.
ecology source	Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Forskalia contorta (Milne Edwards, 1841). 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:152179