MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Forskalia formosa Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860

WoRMS taxon details

Forskalia formosa Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860

AphiaID

135502 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135502)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Forskalia Kölliker, 1853

Original name

Forskalia formosa Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Keferstein, W., and Ehlers, E. (1860). Auszug aus den Beobachtungen über die Siphonophoren von Neapel und Messina angestellt in Winter 1859-60. Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen. No. 23: 254-262., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN668664029_1860
page(s): 261 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Messina Strait

type locality contained in Messina Strait [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Mills et al 1996 (p.154), Pugh 2003

Distribution Mills et al 1996 (p.154), Pugh 2003 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Forskalia formosa Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135502 on 2025-04-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-20 13:52:22Z

checked

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-27 13:53:10Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Keferstein, W., and Ehlers, E. (1860). Auszug aus den Beobachtungen über die Siphonophoren von Neapel und Messina angestellt in Winter 1859-60. Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen. No. 23: 254-262., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN668664029_1860
page(s): 261 [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History. 37: 1281-1327. [details]

Ecology

ecology source Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). Journal of Natural History. 37: 1281-1327. [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]

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

additional source Dunn, C. W., & Wagner, G. P. 2006. The evolution of colony-level development in the Siphonophora (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Development Genes and Evolution 216: 743-754.
page(s): 750, fig.6 [details]

additional source Daniel, R. (1985). The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Coelenterata: Hydrozoa, Siphonophora. Zoological Survey of India Publication. Calcutta, India.
page(s): 114-116, fig.27 [details]

additional source Keferstein, W., and Ehlers, E. 1861. Beobachtungen über die Siphonophoren von Neapel und Messina. Zoologische Beiträge gesammelt im Winter 1859/60 in Neapel und Messina. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.4760
page(s): 29, pl.5 fig.22 [details]

additional source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230.
page(s): 108, pl.20 fig.5 [details]

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