World Register of Deep-Sea species - Physalia Lamarck, 1801

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Physalia Lamarck, 1801

Physalia physalis

AphiaID

135382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135382)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Physaliidae Brandt, 1835

Parent

Physaliidae Brandt, 1835

Original name

Physalia Lamarck, 1801

Direct children (2)

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Species Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 355 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Physalia Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135382 on 2026-06-08

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Physalia Lamarck, 1801. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135382 on 2026-06-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-26 10:00:11Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2006-01-27 08:54:21Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2010-04-01 09:10:26Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2012-10-16 14:56:34Z

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Mapstone, Gill

2014-01-02 11:02:58Z

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Schuchert, Peter

2024-08-29 13:34:49Z

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Schuchert, Peter

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original description Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 355 [details]

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