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WoRMS taxon details

Cystonectae

Physalia physalis, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

AphiaID

135334 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135334)

Classification

Authority

Haeckel, 1887

Status

accepted

Rank

Suborder

Parent

Siphonophorae

Direct children (3)

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Family Physaliidae Brandt, 1835
Family Rhizophysidae Brandt, 1835
Family Physalidae Brandt, 1835 accepted as Physaliidae Brandt, 1835 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, incorrect formation of family name)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 44 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Cystonectae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135334 on 2024-11-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2010-01-06 06:39:53Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2012-10-19 08:46:23Z

changed

Mapstone, Gill

Licensing

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original description Haeckel, E. (1888). System der Siphonophoren auf phylogenetischer Grundlage entworfen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 22: 1-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12007523
page(s): 44 [details]

additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. [details]

redescription Pugh, P. R. (2019). A history of the sub-order Cystonectae (Hydrozoa: Siphonophorae). Zootaxa. 4669(1): 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4669.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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Diagnosis Siphonophores with a relatively large pneumatophore and without nectosome; pneumatophore with apical pore; siphosome bears gastrozooids, with tentacles, and gonodendra, but no bracts; gonodendron with gonopalpons, gonophores and asexual swimming bells. Gonophores on a single colony are all of the same sex. [details]

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	嚢泳亜目	[details]

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From editor or global species database

Physalia physalis, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

Cystonectae: typical representative, Physalia physalia