Hydrozoa name details

Medusa Linnaeus, 1758

596365  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596365)

uncertain > nomen dubium (not in use)
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  1. Species Medusa aequorea Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (invalid junior homonym of Medusa aequorea Linnaeus, 1758)
  2. Species Medusa cacuminata Modeer, 1791 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (indetermiante species, likely synonym)
  3. Species Medusa campanula Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Catablema vesicarium (A. Agassiz, 1862) (possible synonym, doubtful species)
  4. Species Medusa campanulata Chamisso, 1821 accepted as Polyorchis penicillatus (Eschscholtz, 1829) (not in use)
  5. Species Medusa cruciata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (indeterminate species, possible synonym)
  6. Species Medusa crucigera Gmelin, 1788 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (indeterminate species, possible synonym)
  7. Species Medusa cymbaloidea Slabber, 1775 accepted as Phialella quadrata (Forbes, 1848) (synonym)
  8. Species Medusa digitale O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Aglantha digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776) (basionym)
  9. Species Medusa duodecilia Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850) (questionable synonym)
  10. Species Medusa fimbriata Dalyell, 1848 accepted as Obelia fimbriata (Dalyell, 1848) (basionym)
  11. Species Medusa hemisphaerica Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767) (basionym)
  12. Species Medusa marginata Modeer, 1791 accepted as Maeotias marginata (Modeer, 1791) (basionym)
  13. Species Medusa mollicina Forsskål, 1776 accepted as Pegantha mollicina (Forsskål, 1775) (basionym)
  14. Species Medusa mucilaginosa Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Cunina mucilaginosa (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
  15. Species Medusa ocilia Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863) (possible synonym)
  16. Species Medusa octocilia Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863) (possible synonym)
  17. Species Medusa persea Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Aurelia persea (Forsskål, 1775) (unaccepted > superseded combination, synonym)
  18. Species Medusa pileata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Neoturris pileata (Forsskål, 1775) (basionym)
  19. Species Medusa pocillum Montagu, 1815 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  20. Species Medusa porpita Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (basionym)
  21. Species Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775) (genus transfer)
  22. Species Medusa proboscidea Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Sarsia tubulosa (M. Sars, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  23. Species Medusa purpurea Pennant, 1777 accepted as Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)
  24. Species Medusa saltatrix Tilesius, 1818 accepted as Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius, 1818) (basionym)
  25. Species Medusa sanguinolenta Modeer, 1791 accepted as Turritopsis polycirrha (Keferstein, 1862) (possible synonym)
  26. Species Medusa umbella Müller, 1776 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  27. Species Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788 accepted as Physalia utriculus (Gmelin, 1788) (synonym)
  28. Species Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (basionym)
  29. Species Medusa aequorea Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unidentifiable)
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 659 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Status A valid name, but not in use. Linnaeus used it for a variety of jellyfish which are now in different classes. As no type...  
Status A valid name, but not in use. Linnaeus used it for a variety of jellyfish which are now in different classes. As no type species has been specified, the genus cannot be subordinated to a class or family. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Medusa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596365 on 2025-11-15
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 659 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
 
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Status A valid name, but not in use. Linnaeus used it for a variety of jellyfish which are now in different classes. As no type species has been specified, the genus cannot be subordinated to a class or family. [details]
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