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Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp.
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Forskål P
1775
Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp.
Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae.
Moller, Copenhagen, xxxiv + 140 pp
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the spelling Forskål (in Latin) was used in the publication, however the author used normally Forsskål. Both version are correct, but Forsskål is more commonly used. See Fricke (2008), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 1: 1–76 and also Friis, I. & Thulin, M. (1984): The spelling of Pehr Forsskål’s family name. – Taxon 33 (4): 668–672.
CLEMAM P0526; for spelling and authorship Forsskål/Niebuhr, see van der Spoel, 1974: 100 and Yaron et al., 1986; [Pisces on pp. x-xix and 22-76. See Hureau & Monod 1973: 322 [ref. 6590] for spelling of author's name; see also Nielsen 1993 [ref. 22371] and Friis & Thulin 1984:668-672 [ref. 5595]. Editor is Niebuhr. Usually seen as P. S. Forsskål. Citation and authorship according to Fricke 2008:62 [ref. 30182].]
for some plates of this work see Forsskål P., Niebuhr C.E. 1776. Icones rerum naturalium, quas in itinere orientali depingi curavit Petrus Forskål, Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris ad Regis mandatum æri incisas edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Copenhagen: Mölleri, pp. 15, pls 43. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/141292#page/7/mode/1up
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Anomia tridentata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Cavolinia tridentata (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Apsteinia punctata (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Ihlea punctata (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Arca foliata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Barbatia foliata (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Arca multistriata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Oblimopa multistriata (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Argentina glossodonta Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Albula glossodonta (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Argentina machnata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Atherina sihama Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Balistes assasi Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Rhinecanthus assasi (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Balistes minor Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Balistapus undulatus (Park, 1797) (original description)
Biphora democratica (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Biphora mucronata (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Thalia democratica (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Biphora punctata (Forskål, 1775) accepted as Ihlea punctata (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer ambidexter Forskål, 1775 accepted as Clibanarius signatus Heller, 1861 (original description)
Cancer bidentatus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer convexus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Carpilius convexus (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer cubicus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Homola barbata (Fabricius, 1793) (original description)
Cancer custos Forskål, 1775 accepted as Ensiger custos (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer falcatus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Gonodactylaceus falcatus (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer incanus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Pilumnus incanus (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer kerathurus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Penaeus kerathurus (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer lagopodes Forskål, 1775 accepted as Dardanus lagopodes (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer lunaris Forskål, 1775 accepted as Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer messor Forskål, 1775 accepted as Metopograpsus messor (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer niger Forskål, 1775 accepted as Chlorodiella nigra (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer pelagicus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cancer pellitus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Polybius corrugatus (Pennant, 1777) (original description)
Cancer saratan Forskål, 1775 accepted as Ocypode saratan (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer scaevola Forskål, 1775 accepted as Coenobita scaevola (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer sedentarius Forskål, 1775 accepted as Phronima sedentaria (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer segnis Forskål, 1775 accepted as Portunus segnis (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer serratus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Scylla serrata (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer sublucanus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Alpheus lottini Guérin, 1829 (original description)
Cancer sulcatus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Dotilla sulcata (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer tinctor Forskål, 1775 accepted as Dardanus tinctor (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cancer tridentatus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 (original description)
Cancer verrucosus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Cardium auricula Niebuhr, 1775 accepted as Lunulicardia auricula (Niebuhr, 1775) (original description)
Cardium fragile Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Fulvia fragilis (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon abudafur Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Dascyllus abudafur (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon asfur Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Pomacanthus asfur (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon auriga Forsskål, 1775 (original description)
Chaetodon bifasciatus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Acanthopagrus bifasciatus (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon fasciatus Forsskål, 1775 (original description)
Chaetodon maculosus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Pomacanthus maculosus (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon mesoleucos Forsskål, 1775 (original description)
Chaetodon nigrofuscus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon pictus Forsskål, 1775 (original description)
Chaetodon sohal Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Acanthurus sohal (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon sordidus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Abudefduf sordidus (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon teira Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Chaetodon unicornis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Naso unicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Clupea baelama Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Thryssa baelama (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Clupea dorab Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Clupea haumela Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758 (original description)
Cottus insidiator Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Cyprinus bynni Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Labeobarbus bynni (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Cyprinus niloticus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Labeo niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Esox far Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Hemiramphus far (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Esox marginatus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Hemiramphus marginatus (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Fistularia Forsskål, 1775 (original description)
Fistularia impatiens Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Holothuria (Thymiosycia) impatiens (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Fistularia maxima Forsskål, 1775 (original description)
Fistularia reciprocans Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Synaptula reciprocans (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Fistularia vittata Forsskål, 1775 (original description)
Gobius nebulosus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Acentrogobius nebulosus (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Helix arabica Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Euryptyxis labiosa (O. F. Müller, 1774) (original description)
Helix desertorum Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Eremina desertorum (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Helix janthina Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Janthina janthina (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Helix terrestris Forsskål, 1775 (original description)
Holothuria denudata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Holothuria spirans Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Clava multicornis (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Labrus inermis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Cheilio inermis (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Labrus lapina Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Labrus lapina Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Labrus lunulatus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Cheilinus lunulatus (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Labrus ocellatus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Symphodus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Labrus oeyena Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Gerres oyena (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Labrus perdica Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Coris julis (Linnaeus, 1758) (original description)
Labrus ramentosus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes, 1839) (original description)
Labrus scina Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Symphodus rostratus (Bloch, 1791) (original description)
Limax marinus Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831) (original description)
Limax tergipes Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål, 1775) (original description)
Lithophyton Forskål, 1775 accepted as Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (original description)
Lithophyton fulvum Forskål, 1775 accepted as Rhytisma fulvum (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Litophyton Forskål, 1775 (original description)
Litophyton arboreum Forskål, 1775 (original description)
Litophyton fulvum Forskål, 1775 accepted as Rhytisma fulvum (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Madrepora astroites Forskål, 1775 (original description)
Madrepora astroites Forskål, 1775 (additional source)
Madrepora cactus Forskål, 1775 accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Madrepora cavernosa Forskål, 1775 accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (additional source)
Madrepora cavernosa Forskål, 1775 accepted as Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Madrepora chalcidicum Forskål, 1775 accepted as Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål, 1775) (original description)
Madrepora concamerata Forskål, 1775 (original description)
Madrepora contignatio Forskål, 1775 accepted as Hydnophora exesa (Pallas, 1766) (original description)
Madrepora corallium Cuvier, 1798 accepted as Corallium Cuvier, 1798 (new combination reference)
Madrepora corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758) (new combination reference)
Egypt for Helix desertorum Forsskål, 1775 
Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone for Priapus ruber Forsskål, 1775 
Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone for Priapus viridis Forsskål, 1775 
Mediterranean Sea for Medusa pileata Forsskål, 1775 
Mediterranean Sea for Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775 
Mediterranean Sea for Salpa africana Forskål, 1775 
Mediterranean Sea for Salpa pinnata Forskål, 1775 
Mediterranean Sea for Salpa punctata Forskål, 1775 
Oresund Strait for Hydra multicornis Forsskål, 1775 
Red Sea for Medusa cephea Forskål, 1775 
Red Sea for Medusa octostyla Forskål, 1775 
Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone for Priapus albus Forsskål, 1775 
Saudi Arabian Exclusive Economic Zone for Priapus polypus Forsskål, 1775 
Yemen for Helix arabica Forsskål, 1775 
Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone for Priapus giganteus Forsskål, 1775 
Yemeni Exclusive Economic Zone for Priapus giganteus Forsskål, 1775 
 Nomenclature

Probably a catalogue ... [details]

 Type locality

"Lohayae" [= Al-Luhayya, Yemen] [details]

 Type locality

"Inter Kahiram et Sues" [details]

 Type locality

"Ad lacum Mareotidem prope Alexandriam" [details]

 Type locality

"Prope Alexandriam Aegypti specimen unicum, prope Berytum Syriae 6 legimus" [details]