(ofPhyssophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775)Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 page(s): 119 [details]
Distribution Mills et al 1996, Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06, Pugh & Gasca in press.
Distribution Mills et al 1996, Bouillon et al 2004, Pagès et al’06, Pugh & Gasca in press. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Physophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135504 on 2025-07-16
original description(ofDiscolabe quadrigata Haeckel, 1888)Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3155485 page(s): 263-267, pls 19, 20 [details]
original description(ofRhizophysa discoidea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 page(s): 179, Atlas des tomes 7-12 pl. 5, B, fig. 1-3 [details]
original description(ofPhyssophora discoidea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1833). Zoologie IV: Zoophytes. In:Zoologie. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 / sous le commandement de J. Dumont d'Urville. pp. 1-390. Paris, J. Tastu., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064339 page(s): 59, pl. 1 figs 22-24 [details]
original description(ofPhysophora magnifica Haeckel, 1869)Haeckel, E. (1869). Zur Entwickelungsgeschichte der Siphonophoren. <em>Natuurkundige Verhandelingen, Utrecht.</em> 1: 1-120, 14 pls. page(s): 37, pl. 3 [details]
original description(ofPhyssophora hydrostatica Forsskål, 1775)Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 page(s): 119 [details]
redescriptionPugh, P. R. 2005. A new species of Physophora (Siphonophora: Physonectae: Physophoridae) from the North Atlantic, with comments on related species. Systematics and Biodiversity 2 3: 251-270. page(s): 262 [details] Available for editors [request]
Ecology
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additional sourceEschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047 page(s): 145 [details]
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additional sourceVogt, C. 1854. Recherches sur les animaux inferieures de la Mediterranée. 1. Sur les Siphonophores de la Mer de Nice. Mémoires de l'Institut National Genevois 1: 1 - 164, 21 pls., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11825990 page(s): 39-60, pls 3-6 [details]