Rhizophysa filiformis

Rhizophysa filiformis (Forsskål, 1775)

Physsophora filiformis Forsskål, 1775, p. 120; 1776, Pl. 33, fig. F; Modeer, 1789, p. 282; Gmelin, 1790, p. 3159; Lamarck,

1816, p. 478; 1840, p. 82; Eysenhardt, 1821, p. 416; Blainville, 1826, p. 151; 1834, p. 118; Bosc, 1830, p. 200; Griffiths &

Pidgeon, 1834, p. 491; Rhizophysa filiformis Oken, 1815, p. 127; Lamarck, 1816, p. 478; Risso, 1826, p. 305; Blainville, 1827, p. 392; 1816–1830 Pl.

49, fig. 1; 1830, p. 108;1834, p.118; delle Chiaje, 1829, p. 3, 29; Lesson, 1843, p. 490; Gegenbaur, 1853, p. 42, Pl. 18, figs.

5–10; Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861, p. 32, Pl. II, fig. 18–25; L. Agassiz, 1862, p. 370; Vogt, 1862a,b fig.3; Claus, 1863, Pl. 47,

fig. 20b; Spagnolini, 1869, p. 641; 1870, p. 39; Fewkes, 1879, p. 292, Pl. 2; 1883, p. 79; Bedot, 1881, p. 122; Carus, 1885,

p. 46; Haeckel, 1888b, p. 329; Chun, 1897a, p. 79, Pl. V, figs. 1–8; 1897b, p. 82, fig. 17, fig. 26a, 27; Schneider, 1898, p.

170; Lo Bianco, 1899, p. 463 Richter, 1907, p. 559, text-figs. 1-6, Pl. 27, figs. 1-13; Kawamura, 1910a, p. 447, Pl. XIV, fig.

3; 1954, p. 118; Lens and van Riemsdijk, 1908, p. 100, Pl. 18, figs. 141-145; Bigelow, 1911b, p. 319; 1915, fig. 81; 1918,

p. 427; Leloup, 1955a, p. 17; Bigelow & Sears, 1937, p. 65, fig. 50; Totton, 1965, p. 41, Pl. I, fig. 2, Pl. II-IV; Patriti, 1970,

p. 75, fig. 105; Daniel, 1974, p. 28, fig. 1, H-N; 1982, fig. 1 (4–6); 1985, p. 49, fig. 9; Stepanjants, 1977, p. 56, fig. 2,A,Б;

Bonnemains & Carré, 1991, p. 50, fig. 1; Pagès, 1991, p. 306, fig. 8.3; Pagès & Gili, 1992, p. 69, fig. 3; Pugh, 1999, p.

480, fig. 3.4; Gao et al, 2002, p.66, text-fig. 24; Dunn, et al., 2005, p. 922, fig. 5-8; Zhang, 2005, p. 16, figs. 1C, 12; Dunn

& Wagner, 2006, p. 747, figs. 2, 7; Araujo, 2012, p.58. Rizophysa filiformis Bruguière et a l. 1827, p. 139, Pl. 89, fig. 12; Epibulia filiformis Eschscholtz, 1829, p. 148. Rhizophysa sp. Fewkes 1881, p. 773, fig. 11 Rhizophysa gracilis Fewkes, 1882a, p. 269, Pl. VI, figs. 1–6; Cannophysa gracilis Haeckel, 1888a, p. 44. Cannophysa murrayana Haeckel, 1888a, p. 44; 1888b, p. 324, Pl. 24. Pneumophysa gegenbauri Haeckel, 1888b, p. 328. Cannophysa eysenhardti Mayer, 1894, p. 239, Pl. 3, figs. 1,2,4. Rhizophysa murrayana Chun, 1897a, p. 84; Mayer, 1900, p. 72.? Epibulia (Macrosoma) mertensii Brandt, 1835, p. 233? Rhizophysa mertensii Lesson, 1843, p. 492; Haeckel, 1888b, p. 329.? Pneumophysa mertsensi Haeckel, 1888b, p. 45? Cannophysa filiformis Mayer, 1894, p. 241, Pl. 3, fig. 3.? Rhizophysa clavigera Chun, 1897b, p. 104; Mayer, 1900, p. 72;? Rhizophysa (?) tricornuta Moser, 1925, p. 445, 533 textfig. 59.? Rhizophysa (?) tricarnuta Moser, 1925, Pl. 33 (legend). non Rhizophysa filiformis Huxley, 1859, p. 90, Pl. VIII, fig. 13 = Rhizophysa eysenhardti

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