World Register of Deep-Sea species - Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur, 1810

WoRMS taxon details

Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Medusa in environment

AphiaID

135253 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135253)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cassiopeidae Tilesius, 1831

Original name

Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Direct children (18)

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Species Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775)
Species Cassiopea culionensis Light, 1914
Species Cassiopea depressa Haeckel, 1880
Species Cassiopea frondosa (Pallas, 1774)
Species Cassiopea maremetens Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie, 2010
Species Cassiopea mayeri Gamero-Mora, Collins, Boco, Geson III & Morandini, 2022
Species Cassiopea medusa Light, 1914
Species Cassiopea mertensi (Brandt, 1838)
Species Cassiopea ndrosia Agassiz & Mayer, 1899
Species Cassiopea ornata Haeckel, 1880
Species Cassiopea vanderhorsti Stiasny, 1924
Species Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892
Species Cassiopea borbonica Delle Chiaje, 1823 accepted as Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri, 1778) (synonym)
Species Cassiopea Borlase Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Rhizostoma octopus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Species Cassiopea Canariensis Tilesius, 1831 accepted as Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri, 1778) (synonym)
Species Cassiopea dieuphila Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Toreuma dieuphila (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cassiopea picta Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775)
Species Cassiopea polypoides Keller, 1883 accepted as Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 356 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135253 on 2025-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Cornelius, Paul

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2015-07-24 10:05:19Z

checked

Collins, Allen G.

2019-12-21 15:25:38Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

2024-10-09 08:54:45Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 356 [details]

basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 482 [details]