WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Medusa noctiluca Forsskål, 1775) 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. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 page(s): 109 [details]
original description
(of Pelagia parthenopensis Lesson, 1843) Lesson, R. P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des zoophytes. Acalèphes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pp. i-vii, 1-596, plus atlas of 12 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3803187 page(s): 392 [details]
original description
(of Pelagia neglecta Vanhöffen, 1888) Vanhöffen, E. (1888). Untersuchungen über semäostome und rhizostome Medusen. <em>Bibliotheca Zoologica.</em> 1: 1-52. page(s): 9-10 [details]
original description
(of Pelagia purpuroviolacea Stiasny, 1914) Stiasny, G. (1914). Zwei neue Pelagiden aus der Adria. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 44: 529-533. page(s): 529-531 [details]
original description
(of Pelagia rosacea Stiasny, 1914) Stiasny, G. (1914). Zwei neue Pelagiden aus der Adria. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 44: 529-533. page(s): 531-532 [details]
original description
(of Medusa perla Slabber, 1769) Slabber, M. (1769). Natuurkundige verlustigingen, behelzende microscopise waarnemingen van in - en uitlandse water - en land-dieren. Eerste stukje. J. Bosch, Haarlem. 166 pp, 18 pls. page(s): 109-110, pl. 13, fig. 2 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
context source (Bermuda)
Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Larson, R.J. 1976. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. NOAA Techical Report NMFS Circular 397. 18 p. [details]
additional source
Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source
Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982 page(s): 502, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508 [details]
additional source
Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source
Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Syrian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]Unverified
Diet fish and benthic animals [details]
Dimensions large medusae (umbrella up to 65 mm wide) [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Distribution Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia [details]
Habitat oceanic [details]
Habitat pelagic [details]
Reproduction Develops directly from planula to ephyra [details]
Language | Name | |
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Catalan |
medusa luminiscentacàlef luminiscent |
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Dutch |
parelkwallichtende kwal |
[details] |
English |
purplestripped jellypurple jellyfishpink jellyfishphosphorescent jellyfishnight-light jellyfishmauve stinger |
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Finnish |
Loistomeduusa |
[details] |
French |
piqueur-mauveméduse pélagique |
[details] |
German |
LeuchtqualleFeuerqualle |
[details] |
Italian |
medusa luminosa |
[details] |
Japanese |
オキクラゲ |
[details] |
Polish |
meduza świecąca |
[details] |
Slovenian |
mesečinka |
[details] |
Spanish |
acalefo luminiscente |
[details] |
Swedish |
lysmanet |
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From editor or global species database
Unverified
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