''Forskalia'' is a genus of
siphonophore
Siphonophorae (from Ancient Greek σίφων (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing") is an order within Hydrozoa, a class of marine organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. According to the World Register of Marine ...
s. It is the only
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
in the
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
family Forskaliidae.
Species
The following species are classified within the genus'' Forskalia'':
* ''
Forskalia asymmetrica''
Pugh
Pugh is a surname of Welsh origin (''ap Huw'' means 'son of Hugh') or Irish origin.
Notable people with the name include:
* Alf Pugh (1869–1942), Wales international football goalkeeper
* Alun Pugh (born 1955), former Labour Welsh Assembly Gov ...
, 2003
* ''
Forskalia contorta''
(Milne-Edwards Milne-Edwards is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885), French zoologist
* Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900), French ornithologist and carcinologist, a son of Henri Milne-Edwards
See also
* Miln ...
, 1841)
* ''
Forskalia edwardsii''
Kölliker, 1853
* ''
Forskalia formosa''
Keferstein
Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein (7 June 1833, Winsen (Luhe) – 25 January 1870) was a German naturalist. He described a number of reptiles and amphibians for the first time.
He originally studied hydraulic engineering in Hanover, later becoming a ...
& Ehlers, 1860
* ''
Forskalia saccula''
Pugh
Pugh is a surname of Welsh origin (''ap Huw'' means 'son of Hugh') or Irish origin.
Notable people with the name include:
* Alf Pugh (1869–1942), Wales international football goalkeeper
* Alun Pugh (born 1955), former Labour Welsh Assembly Gov ...
, 2003
* ''
Forskalia tholoides''
Haeckel
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (; ; 16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist. He discovered, described and named thousands of new s ...
, 1888
References
Bioluminescent cnidarians
Physonectae
Cnidarian families
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