WoRMS taxon details
Forskalia contorta (Milne Edwards, 1841)
152179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152179)
accepted
Species
Apolemia edwardsii Lesson, 1843 · unaccepted
Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893 · unaccepted
Stephanomia contorta Milne Edwards, 1841 · unaccepted
Stephanomia excisa Leuckart, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Stephanomia contorta Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2)16: 193-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730650
page(s): 217-229, pls 7-9 [details]
page(s): 217-229, pls 7-9 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Forskalia contorta (Milne Edwards, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152179 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893) Bedot, M. 1893. Revision de la famille des Forskaliidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1, 231-254. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10087960
page(s): 234 [details]
original description (of Stephanomia contorta Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2)16: 193-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730650
page(s): 217-229, pls 7-9 [details]
original description (of Stephanomia excisa Leuckart, 1853) Leuckart, R., 1853. Zoologische Untersuchungen. I. Siphonophoren. J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung, Gießen., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11811224
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Apolemia edwardsii Lesson, 1843) Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3803187
page(s): 519 [details]
basis of record Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 234 [details]
original description (of Stephanomia contorta Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2)16: 193-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730650
page(s): 217-229, pls 7-9 [details]
original description (of Stephanomia excisa Leuckart, 1853) Leuckart, R., 1853. Zoologische Untersuchungen. I. Siphonophoren. J. Ricker'sche Buchhandlung, Gießen., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11811224
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Apolemia edwardsii Lesson, 1843) Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3803187
page(s): 519 [details]
basis of record Leloup, E. (1935). Les siphonophores de la rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer (Alpes Maritimes, France) [Siphonophores of the Rade of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Maritime Alps, France)]. <i>Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 11(31)</i>: 1-12 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 37: 1281-1327.
page(s): 1291-1299, figs 9-15 [details]
page(s): 1291-1299, figs 9-15 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 37: 1281-1327. [details]
ecology source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. [details]
ecology source Totton, A. K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. London, British Museum (Natural History). Pp. 230. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Pugh, P. R. (2013). Confirmed records of Siphonophorae found below 500 m depth. (personal database). [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, L.M. Nigro, C.J. Sweetman, N.J. Copley, T. Sutton & P.H. Wiebe. (2010). A 'Rosetta Stone' for metazoan zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of species diversity of the Sargasso Sea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Wiebe, P.H., S. Schnack-Schiel & S. Nishida (eds.). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26):2234-2247. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda) Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, L.M. Nigro, C.J. Sweetman, N.J. Copley, T. Sutton & P.H. Wiebe. (2010). A 'Rosetta Stone' for metazoan zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of species diversity of the Sargasso Sea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Wiebe, P.H., S. Schnack-Schiel & S. Nishida (eds.). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26):2234-2247. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Forskalia contorta)
To Genbank (from synonym Stephanomia contorta Milne Edwards, 1841)
To Genbank
To PESI (from synonym Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (49 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Forskalia contorta)
To Genbank (from synonym Stephanomia contorta Milne Edwards, 1841)
To Genbank
To PESI (from synonym Forskalia leuckarti Bedot, 1893)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
