Hydrozoa name details
Medusa porpita Linnaeus, 1758
736730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736730)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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
page(s): 659 [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Indian Ocean
type locality contained in Indian Ocean [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Medusa porpita Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736730 on 2025-12-16
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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
page(s): 659 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality