WoRMS taxon details
Periphylla periphylla (Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
135294 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135294)
accepted
Species
Carybdea periphylla Peron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted
Medusa hyacinthina Faber, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Periphylla humilis Fewkes, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Periphylla hyacinthina Steenstrup, 1837 · unaccepted (manuscript never published)
Periphylla hyacinthina Haeckel, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Periphylla mirabilis Haeckel, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Periphylla regina Haeckel, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Carybdea periphylla Peron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 332 [details]
page(s): 332 [details]
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; Strait of Belle Isle and as far south as Virginia
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; Strait of Belle Isle and as far south as Virginia
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; Strait of Belle Isle and as far south as Virginia [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Periphylla periphylla (Péron & Lesueur, 1810). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135294 on 2025-07-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Carybdea periphylla Peron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 332 [details]
original description (of Periphylla regina Haeckel, 1880) 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): 421-422 [details]
original description (of Periphylla mirabilis Haeckel, 1880) 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): 422 [details]
original description (of Periphylla humilis Fewkes, 1886) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 931-933 [details]
original description (of Medusa hyacinthina Faber, 1829) Faber, F. (1829). Naturgeschichte der Fische Islands. Mit einem Anhange von den isländischen Medusen und Strahlthieren. [Natural history of the fishes of Iceland. With an appendix on the Icelandic jellyfish and radioducks.]. <em>Frankfurt.</em> 206pp. (Copepoda: 33, 109).
page(s): 197 [details]
original description (of Periphylla hyacinthina Steenstrup, 1837) Steenstrup, J. (1837). Acta et Catalogus Musei Hafniensis.
note: manuscript never published, but cited by some ancient researchers (see Kramp, 1947: 40) [details]
original description (of Periphylla hyacinthina Haeckel, 1880) 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): 419; note: authority wrongly stated as Steenstrup (1837) but he never published the mansucript with the description (Kramp, 1947: 40) [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]
page(s): 332 [details]
original description (of Periphylla regina Haeckel, 1880) 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): 421-422 [details]
original description (of Periphylla mirabilis Haeckel, 1880) 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): 422 [details]
original description (of Periphylla humilis Fewkes, 1886) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 931-933 [details]
original description (of Medusa hyacinthina Faber, 1829) Faber, F. (1829). Naturgeschichte der Fische Islands. Mit einem Anhange von den isländischen Medusen und Strahlthieren. [Natural history of the fishes of Iceland. With an appendix on the Icelandic jellyfish and radioducks.]. <em>Frankfurt.</em> 206pp. (Copepoda: 33, 109).
page(s): 197 [details]
original description (of Periphylla hyacinthina Steenstrup, 1837) Steenstrup, J. (1837). Acta et Catalogus Musei Hafniensis.
note: manuscript never published, but cited by some ancient researchers (see Kramp, 1947: 40) [details]
original description (of Periphylla hyacinthina Haeckel, 1880) 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): 419; note: authority wrongly stated as Steenstrup (1837) but he never published the mansucript with the description (Kramp, 1947: 40) [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]
Other
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 (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [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> :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]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [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> :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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Periphylla humilis Fewkes, 1886) USNM 9315, 9320 [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence; Strait of Belle Isle and as far south as Virginia [details]
Habitat Abyssopelagic [details]
Habitat in deep water [details]
Habitat upper epipelagic [details]
Habitat Bathypelagic [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Merchant-capHelmet jelly | [details] |
| Japanese | クロカムリクラゲ | [details] |
| Russian | Перифилла | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (47 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Periphylla periphylla)
To GenBank (72 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Carybdea periphylla Peron & Lesueur, 1810)
To GenBank (72 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Periphylla periphylla lateral)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (489 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Periphylla periphylla)
To GenBank (72 nucleotides; 42 proteins) (from synonym Carybdea periphylla Peron & Lesueur, 1810)
To GenBank (72 nucleotides; 42 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Periphylla periphylla lateral)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (489 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
