Genus Forskalia

Kölliker, 1853

Cylindrical or cone-shaped nectosome, whose numerous nectophores have a multiserial, spiral arrangement. Nectophores flattened dorso-ventrally and often asymmetrical in shape. Nectosac restricted to basal half; with straight radial canals. The siphosome also is coiled, particularly in its contracted state, with the gastrozooids borne on long stalks. Bracts usually gelatinous and of variable shape. There is no known way to distinguish the various species on the basis of their bracts alone.

Forskalia edwardsi
Forskalia leuckarti

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