WoRMS taxon details
Laodicea indica Browne, 1905
174344 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174344)
accepted
Species
Laodice indica Browne, 1905 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (invalid spelling of genus name)
Laodice maasii Browne, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Laodice indica Browne, 1905) Browne, E. T. (1905). Report on the medusae (Hydromedusae, Scyphomedusae and Ctenophora) collected by Prof. Herdman at Ceylon in 1902. <em>In: Rep. Government of Ceylon on Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 132-166, pls 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935982
page(s): 136, pl. 1 fig. 5, pl. 4 figs 7-11 [details]
page(s): 136, pl. 1 fig. 5, pl. 4 figs 7-11 [details]
Type locality contained in Sri Lankan part of the Laccadive Sea
type locality contained in Sri Lankan part of the Laccadive Sea [details]
Status Could be conspecific with L. undulata, see Bouillon (1984b: 62) and Schuchert (2017)
Status Could be conspecific with L. undulata, see Bouillon (1984b: 62) and Schuchert (2017) [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Laodicea indica Browne, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174344 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Laodice indica Browne, 1905) Browne, E. T. (1905). Report on the medusae (Hydromedusae, Scyphomedusae and Ctenophora) collected by Prof. Herdman at Ceylon in 1902. <em>In: Rep. Government of Ceylon on Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 132-166, pls 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1935982
page(s): 136, pl. 1 fig. 5, pl. 4 figs 7-11 [details]
original description (of Laodice maasii Browne, 1907) Browne E.T. (1907). A revision of the medusae belonging to the Family Laodiceidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7).</em> 20: 457-480., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413710
page(s): 466; note: new name for Laodice fjiana var. indica in Maas, 1905 [details]
basis of record Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
page(s): 136, pl. 1 fig. 5, pl. 4 figs 7-11 [details]
original description (of Laodice maasii Browne, 1907) Browne E.T. (1907). A revision of the medusae belonging to the Family Laodiceidae. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7).</em> 20: 457-480., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413710
page(s): 466; note: new name for Laodice fjiana var. indica in Maas, 1905 [details]
basis of record Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 140 [details]
redescription Schuchert. P. (2017). Systematic notes on some leptomedusa species with a description of Neotima galeai n. spec. (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 124(2): 351-375., available online at https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?urlId=10.5281%2Fzenodo.893549
page(s): 354, fig. 3 [details]
page(s): 140 [details]
redescription Schuchert. P. (2017). Systematic notes on some leptomedusa species with a description of Neotima galeai n. spec. (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 124(2): 351-375., available online at https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?urlId=10.5281%2Fzenodo.893549
page(s): 354, fig. 3 [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]
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 Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [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 Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status Could be conspecific with L. undulata, see Bouillon (1984b: 62) and Schuchert (2017) [details]
