WoRMS taxon details
Lilyopsis medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871)
430685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430685)
accepted
Species
Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871 · unaccepted (basionym)
Rosacea medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871) Metschnikoff, E.; Metschnikoff, L. (1871). Contributions to the knowledge of siphonophores and medusae [in Russian]. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Amis des Sciences naturelles de Moscou.</em> 8(1): 295-370, pls 1-6.
page(s): 296, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 296, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
Distribution See Pugh 2009, p. 26
Distribution See Pugh 2009, p. 26 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Lilyopsis medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430685 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885) Chun, C. (1885). Uber die cyklische Entwickelung der Siphonophoren. <em>Sitzungsberichte de Königlich Preussischen Akademie de Wissenschaften.</em> 885: 511-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29499365
page(s): 528, figs 12-13 [details]
original description (of Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871) Metschnikoff, E.; Metschnikoff, L. (1871). Contributions to the knowledge of siphonophores and medusae [in Russian]. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Amis des Sciences naturelles de Moscou.</em> 8(1): 295-370, pls 1-6.
page(s): 296, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 528, figs 12-13 [details]
original description (of Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871) Metschnikoff, E.; Metschnikoff, L. (1871). Contributions to the knowledge of siphonophores and medusae [in Russian]. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Amis des Sciences naturelles de Moscou.</em> 8(1): 295-370, pls 1-6.
page(s): 296, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/1/zt02147p048.pdf
page(s): 25 [details]
page(s): 25 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Carré, C. 1969b. Sur le genre Lilyopsis Chun 1885, avec une redescription de l'èspece Lilyopsis rosea Chun 1885 (Siphonophore, Prayinae) et une description du sa phase calyconula. Cah. Biol. Mar. 10: 71-81 [details]
ecology source Luo, J.; Grassian, B.; Tang, D.; Irisson, J.; Greer, A.; Guigand, C.; McClatchie, S.; Cowen, R. (2014). Environmental drivers of the fine-scale distribution of a gelatinous zooplankton community across a mesoscale front. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 510: 129-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10908 [details]
ecology source Luo, J.; Grassian, B.; Tang, D.; Irisson, J.; Greer, A.; Guigand, C.; McClatchie, S.; Cowen, R. (2014). Environmental drivers of the fine-scale distribution of a gelatinous zooplankton community across a mesoscale front. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 510: 129-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10908 [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, L.M. Nigro, C.J. Sweetman, N.J. Copley, T. Sutton & P.H. Wiebe. (2010). A 'Rosetta Stone' for metazoan zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of species diversity of the Sargasso Sea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Wiebe, P.H., S. Schnack-Schiel & S. Nishida (eds.). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26):2234-2247. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 485, fig. 3.35, 3.46 [details]
additional source Carré, C. 1969b. Sur le genre Lilyopsis Chun 1885, avec une redescription de l'èspece Lilyopsis rosea Chun 1885 (Siphonophore, Prayinae) et une description du sa phase calyconula. Cah. Biol. Mar. 10: 71-81
page(s): pls I, II figs 1-3 [details]
[request]additional source Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.</em> 1-868.
page(s): 485, fig. 3.35, 3.46 [details]
additional source Carré, C. 1969b. Sur le genre Lilyopsis Chun 1885, avec une redescription de l'èspece Lilyopsis rosea Chun 1885 (Siphonophore, Prayinae) et une description du sa phase calyconula. Cah. Biol. Mar. 10: 71-81
page(s): pls I, II figs 1-3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885) YPM 35825 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution See Pugh 2009, p. 26 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | フタマタアイオイクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rosacea medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lilyopsis medusa)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Rosacea medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Rosacea medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106669)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Rosacea medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lilyopsis medusa)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Rosacea medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records) (from synonym Rosacea medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 106669)
