MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Rhizophysa Péron & Lesueur, 1807

WoRMS taxon details

Rhizophysa Péron & Lesueur, 1807

AphiaID

135384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135384)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Rhizophysidae Brandt, 1835

Synonymised names

Epibulia (Macrosoma) Brandt, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym)

Pneumophysa Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted

Salacia Haeckel, 1888 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of Salacia...)

invalid junior homonym of Salacia Lamouroux, 1816

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Species Rhizophysa eysenhardtii Gegenbaur, 1859
Species Rhizophysa filiformis (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Rhizophysa conifera Studer, 1878 accepted as Bathyphysa conifera (Studer, 1878) (basionym)
Species Rhizophysa discoidea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Rhizophysa heliantha Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Athorybia rosacea (Forsskål, 1775) (basionym)
Species Rhizophysa melo Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 accepted as Melophysa melo (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) (basionym)
Species Rhizophysa planestoma Péron & Lesueur, 1807 accepted as Rhizophysa filiformis (Forsskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Rhizophysa chamissonis Eysenhardt, 1821 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Rhizophysa uvaria Fewkes, 1886 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Péron, F. [& L. Freycinet]. (1807-1816). Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi,. ... pendant les années 1800. 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris. I: xv + 496 pp. [1807]; II: xxxi + 471 pp. [1816]; Atlas, 65 pls & maps. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.44096
page(s): pl. 39, fig. 3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Rhizophysa Péron & Lesueur, 1807. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135384 on 2025-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

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Nomenclature

original description Péron, F. [& L. Freycinet]. (1807-1816). Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi,. ... pendant les années 1800. 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris. I: xv + 496 pp. [1807]; II: xxxi + 471 pp. [1816]; Atlas, 65 pls & maps. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.44096
page(s): pl. 39, fig. 3 [details]

original description (of Salacia Haeckel, 1888) Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485
page(s): 330 [details]

original description (of Pneumophysa Haeckel, 1888) 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): 45 [details]

original description (of Epibulia (Macrosoma) Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1835). Prodromus descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum, Petropooli. Fasc. I: 203-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 233 [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]