Forskal, 1775

Flimsy, apparently ridgeless nectophores each with an extensive nectosac, which has characteristically looped lateral radial canals. Both dorsal and ventral canals are sinuous. Siphosome compact sac on which the simple, bractless cormidia are borne in a spiral. Each cormidium has a single, greatly enlarged palpon, pinkish blue in colour.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hydrozoa
Subclass Siphonophorae
Order Physonectae
Family Physophoridae
Genus Physophora
Species Physophora hydrostatica

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Physophora hydrostatica Forskål, 1775

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this species

Totton A.K. 1965. A Synopsis of the Siphonophora. British Mus. Natur. Hist., London, pp. 1-230.

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