MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Physaliidae Brandt, 1835

WoRMS taxon details

Physaliidae Brandt, 1835

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

AphiaID

135342 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135342)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Typetaxon

Physalia Lamarck, 1801

Parent

Cystonectae

Original name

Physalidae Brandt, 1835

Synonymised names

Physalidae Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (incorrect formation of family name)

Direct children (4)

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Genus Physalia Lamarck, 1801
Genus Arethusa Oken, 1815 accepted as Physalia Lamarck, 1801 (synonym)
Genus Holothuria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Physalia Lamarck, 1801 (Treated as junior synonym of Physalia, Lamarcck, 1801)
Genus Physalis Tilesius, 1810 accepted as Physalia Lamarck, 1801 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Physalidae Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 236 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Physaliidae Brandt, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135342 on 2024-11-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2024-10-24 12:08:08Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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original description (of Physalidae Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 236 [details]

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

basis of record Mapstone, G.M. (2001). Siphonophora, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 120-122. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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