Physalia megalista
| Physalia megalista | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Siphonophorae |
| Suborder: | Cystonectae |
| Family: | Physaliidae |
| Genus: | Physalia |
| Species: | P. megalista
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| Binomial name | |
| Physalia megalista Lesueur and Petit, 1807
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Physalia megalista is a marine hydrozoan found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans.
Taxonomy
In the 20th century, P. megalista was considered a synonym of P. physalis. However, Gershwin et al. (2010) synonymized megalista with P. utriculus.[1] A 2024 study using specimens from around the world identified P. megalista (with a long and slender pneumatophore as a distinct species, further noting that the neotype designation for P. megalista was invalid.[2]
References
- ^ Gershwin, L., Zeidler, W., and Davie, P.J. (2010). Medusae (Cnidaria) of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Mem. Qld. Museum 54, 47–108.
- ^ Church, Samuel H.; Abedon, River B.; Ahuja, Namrata; Anthony, Colin J.; Destanović, Dalila; Ramirez, Diego A.; Rojas, Lourdes M.; Albinsson, Maria E.; Trasobares, Itziar Álvarez; Bergemann, Reza E.; Bogdanovic, Ozren; Burdick, David R.; Cunha, Tauana J.; Damian-Serrano, Alejandro; D’Elía, Guillermo (2025-06-19). "Population genomics of a sailing siphonophore reveals genetic structure in the open ocean". Current Biology. 0. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2025.05.066. ISSN 0960-9822. PMC 12224019. PMID 40541187.