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Forskalia formosa

Forskalia formosa

ツクシクラゲ·Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860

GBIF:155437781

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(10)

Bay of Bengal
South West Indian Ocean
Sagami Bay
Alboran Sea
Gulf Stream
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Bahamian part of the North Atlantic Ocean(BS)
Villefranche-sur-Mer(FR)
Messina Strait(IT)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

jpnツクシクラゲjpn

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

jpnツクシクラゲ
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Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

CLASSIFICATION

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)

NCBI:txid316206

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(7)

  • 1

    Daniel, R. (1985). The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Coelenterata: Hydrozoa, Siphonophora. <em>Zoological Survey of India Publication.</em> Calcutta, India.

    additional source
  • 2

    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.

    additional source
  • 3

    Keferstein, W., and Ehlers, E. (1860). Auszug aus den Beobachtungen über die Siphonophoren von Neapel und Messina angestellt in Winter 1859-60. <em>Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen.</em> No. 23: 254-262.

    original description
  • 4

    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.

    additional source
  • 5

    Pugh, P. R. (2003). A revision of the family Forskaliidae (Siphonophora, Physonectae). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 37: 1281-1327.

    ecology source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-18.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155437781
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5185496
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135502
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026