Hydrozoa name details
Medusa Linnaeus, 1758
596365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596365)
uncertain > nomen dubium (not in use)
Genus
- Species Medusa aequorea Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (invalid junior homonym of Medusa aequorea Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Medusa cacuminata Modeer, 1791 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (indetermiante species, likely synonym)
- Species Medusa campanula Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Catablema vesicarium (A. Agassiz, 1862) (possible synonym, doubtful species)
- Species Medusa campanulata Chamisso, 1821 accepted as Polyorchis penicillatus (Eschscholtz, 1829) (not in use)
- Species Medusa cruciata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (indeterminate species, possible synonym)
- Species Medusa crucigera Gmelin, 1788 accepted as Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) (indeterminate species, possible synonym)
- Species Medusa cymbaloidea Slabber, 1775 accepted as Phialella quadrata (Forbes, 1848) (synonym)
- Species Medusa digitale O. F. Müller, 1776 accepted as Aglantha digitale (O. F. Müller, 1776) (basionym)
- Species Medusa duodecilia Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850) (questionable synonym)
- Species Medusa fimbriata Dalyell, 1848 accepted as Obelia fimbriata (Dalyell, 1848) (basionym)
- Species Medusa hemisphaerica Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767) (basionym)
- Species Medusa marginata Modeer, 1791 accepted as Maeotias marginata (Modeer, 1791) (basionym)
- Species Medusa mollicina Forsskål, 1776 accepted as Pegantha mollicina (Forsskål, 1775) (basionym)
- Species Medusa mucilaginosa Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Cunina mucilaginosa (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
- Species Medusa ocilia Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863) (possible synonym)
- Species Medusa octocilia Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863) (possible synonym)
- Species Medusa persea Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Aurelia persea (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
- Species Medusa pileata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Neoturris pileata (Forsskål, 1775) (basionym)
- Species Medusa pocillum Montagu, 1815 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Medusa porpita Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (basionym)
- Species Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775) (genus transfer)
- Species Medusa proboscidea Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Sarsia tubulosa (M. Sars, 1835) (synonym)
- Species Medusa purpurea Pennant, 1777 accepted as Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Medusa saltatrix Tilesius, 1818 accepted as Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius, 1818) (basionym)
- Species Medusa sanguinolenta Modeer, 1791 accepted as Turritopsis polycirrha (Keferstein, 1862) (possible synonym)
- Species Medusa umbella Müller, 1776 accepted as Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788 accepted as Physalia physalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Velella velella (Linnaeus, 1758) (basionym)
- Species Medusa aequorea Linnaeus, 1758 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unidentifiable)
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 659 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 659 [details] Available for editors
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. (2023). World Hydrozoa Database. Medusa Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa.../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596365 on 2023-12-06
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 659 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 659 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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]