WoRMS taxon details
Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829
287208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287208)
accepted
Species
Chrysaora blossevillii Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dactylometra lactea L. Agassiz · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (authority wrongly stated)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 81-82 [details]
page(s): 81-82 [details]
Neotype MZUSP 897, geounit São Sebastião
, Type locality contained in Guanabara, Baía de
Neotype MZUSP 897, geounit São Sebastião [details]
type locality contained in Guanabara, Baía de [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287208 on 2025-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 81-82 [details]
original description (of Chrysaora blossevillii Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830). Centurie zoologique, ou, Choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus. <em>Paris, Levrault.</em> 254 pp. 80 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/41400#/summary
page(s): 115-116 [details]
basis of record F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 81-82 [details]
original description (of Chrysaora blossevillii Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830). Centurie zoologique, ou, Choix d'animaux rares, nouveaux ou imparfaitement connus. <em>Paris, Levrault.</em> 254 pp. 80 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/41400#/summary
page(s): 115-116 [details]
basis of record F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Morandini, A. C.; Silveira, F. L.; Cornelius, P. F. (2006). Redescription of Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from the Brazilian coast, with designation of a neotype. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1135(1): 29-48., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1135.1.2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Neotype MZUSP 897, geounit São Sebastião [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chrysaora blossevillii Lesson, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysaora lactea)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Chrysaora blossevillii Lesson, 1830)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chrysaora lactea)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
