Hydrozoa name details
Medusa persea Forsskål, 1775
1528451 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1528451)
unaccepted > superseded combination (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 107, pl. 33 fig. B [details]
page(s): 107, pl. 33 fig. B [details]
Type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea
type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea [details]
Taxonomic remark A synonym of Aurelia aurita (Mediterranean form) according to Haeckel (1880: 553)
Taxonomic remark A synonym of Aurelia aurita (Mediterranean form) according to Haeckel (1880: 553) [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Medusa persea Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1528451 on 2025-11-17
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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): 107, pl. 33 fig. B [details]
source of synonymy 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): 553 [details]
page(s): 107, pl. 33 fig. B [details]
source of synonymy 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): 553 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark A synonym of Aurelia aurita (Mediterranean form) according to Haeckel (1880: 553) [details]