Hydrozoa name details
Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775
744608 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:744608)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 108, pl. 36 fig. 1. [details]
page(s): 108, pl. 36 fig. 1. [details]
Type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea
type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744608 on 2025-11-14
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Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 108, pl. 36 fig. 1. [details]
page(s): 108, pl. 36 fig. 1. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality