Hydrozoa - The World Hydrozoa Database - Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871

Hydrozoa name details

Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871

AphiaID

710069 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:710069)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (basionym)

Accepted name

Lilyopsis medusa (Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871)

Rank

Species

Parent

Praya Quoy & Gaimard in de Blainville, 1834

Original name

Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Metschnikoff, E.; Metschnikoff, L. (1871). Contributions to the knowledge of siphonophores and medusae [in Russian]. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Amis des Sciences naturelles de Moscou.</em> 8(1): 295-370, pls 1-6.
page(s): 296, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Praya medusa Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710069 on 2025-11-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-11-08 12:17:00Z

created

Mapstone, Gill

2013-12-10 07:34:35Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2014-01-07 11:56:43Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

2016-11-18 07:24:25Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

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Sources (1)
Links (2)

original description Metschnikoff, E.; Metschnikoff, L. (1871). Contributions to the knowledge of siphonophores and medusae [in Russian]. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Amis des Sciences naturelles de Moscou.</em> 8(1): 295-370, pls 1-6.
page(s): 296, pl. 1 fig. 1 [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)