Forskaliidae Haeckel 1888

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

This appears to be the same individual as is shown in the other image by this photographer, but turned sideways (and possibly enhanced?)

Summary[edit] Description: Français : Blaschka glass model in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève : Forskalia contorta. Date: 22 October 2014, 13:45:38. Source: Own work. Author: Vassil.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Siphonophore photographed in Cala Montgo, Costa Brava, Spain.

Summary[edit] Description: See full-size image for index to numbers. "Strobalia cupola" (Haeckel) = Forskalia sp.?, colony "Strobalia cupola" (Haeckel) = Forskalia sp.?, gas bladder from above "Strobalia cupola" (Haeckel) = Forskalia sp.?, polyp/medusae cluster with all but the feeding apparatus and cover removed "Strobalia cupola" (Haeckel) = Forskalia sp.?, polyp/medusae cluster with the feeding apparatus removed "Strobalia cupola" (Haeckel) = Forskalia sp.?, polyp/medusae cluster with the cover removed "Strobalia cupola" (Haeckel) = Forskalia sp.?, stinging tentacle "Strobalia cupola" (Haeckel) = Forskalia sp.?, female medusa from the side "Strobalia cupola" (Haeckel) = Forskalia sp.?, female medusa from below "Strobalia cupola" (Haeckel) = Forskalia sp.?, male medusa. Date: 1904. Source: Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 59: Siphonophorae (see here, here and here). Author: Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) . . Alternative names: Haeckel; Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel; Ernst Heinrich Haeckel. Description: German naturalist, philosopher and artist. Date of birth/death: 16 February 1834 9 August 1919 . Location of birth/death: Potsdam Jena. Authority control: : Q48246 VIAF: 73923565 ISNI: 0000 0001 2281 8485 LCCN: n50032763 NLA: 35850550 MusicBrainz: ec9955c3-3d0b-44c9-909d-16c7d0395c05 MGP: 159000 Botanist: Haeckel Open Library: OL2749194A DBNL: hack014 GND: 118544381 SELIBR: 208848 SUDOC: 032207689 BNF: 12328331d NDL: 00522309 BIBSYS: 90141879 NKC: jn20000700655 SBN: ITICCU AVV 20128 BNE: XX1299881 RKD: 236982 NLI: 000058765 Koninklijke: 180341928 NLK: KAC200714948 WorldCat. creator QS:P170,Q48246. Permission(Reusing this file): public domain due to age.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

Forskalia edwardsii Koelliker, 1853 (Siphonophorae, Forskaliidae) from the Mediterranean (Villefranche-sur-Mer), magnification of siphosome showing two gastrozooids with their branched tentacles (tentillae).

Crete (Greece)

Crete (Greece)