MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Physalia Lamarck, 1801

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Physalia Lamarck, 1801

Physalia physalis, mouth of Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Physalia pelagica Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Arethusa Oken, 1815
Physalidae Brandt, 1835
Physaliidae Brandt, 1835

Parent

Physaliidae Brandt, 1835

Original name

Physalia Lamarck, 1801

Synonymised names

Arethusa Oken, 1815 · unaccepted (synonym)

Holothuria Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (Treated as junior synonym of...)

Treated as junior synonym of Physalia, Lamarcck, 1801

Physalis Tilesius, 1810 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling

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Species Physalia megalista Lesueur & Petit, 1807
Species Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788)
Species Physalia australis Péron, 1807 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Physalia cymbiformis Delle Chiaje, 1830 accepted as Rosacea cymbiformis (Delle Chiaje, 1830) (basionym)
Species Physalia gigantea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Physalia glauca Tilesius, 1810 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Physalia minuta Church & Dunn in Church et al. 2025 (unaccepted > interim unpublished)
Species Physalia pelagica Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Physalia pelasgica Bosc, 1802 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : 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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135382 on 2025-07-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

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

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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

original description (of Holothuria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Arethusa Oken, 1815) Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403
page(s): 126 ; note: All generic names proposed by Oken (1815) in his Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3 are placed on the Official Index of Unavailable Names by ICZN Opinion 417 (1956). [details]