original description
(of Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3155 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 163 [details]
source of synonymy
Totton, A. K. (1960). Studies on Physalia physalis (L.). Part 1. Natural History and morphology. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 30: 301-368., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5609085
page(s): 346 [details]
source of synonymy
Pugh, P. R. (2019). A history of the sub-order Cystonectae (Hydrozoa: Siphonophorae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4669(1): 1-91., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4669.1.1
page(s): 85 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Leloup, E., 1934. Siphonophores de Madras (Indes Anglaises). Bull. Mus. r. Hist. nat. Belg. 10 9: 1-5.
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally)
de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531
page(s): 365, pl. 2, figs 13-14; note: basis of Gmelin's (1791) Medusa utriculus [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy de La Martinière (1787) described this Physalia species, but provided no name. It was first named by Gmelin (1788) with reference to de La Martinière (1787) [details]
Taxonomy de La Martinière (1787) described this Physalia species, but provided no name. It was first named by Gmelin (1788) with reference to de La Martinière (1787) [details]