Hydrozoa name details
Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788
746120 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746120)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3155 [details]
de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531
page(s): 365, pl. 2, figs 13-14; note: basis of Gmelin's (1791) Medusa utriculus [details]
page(s): 3155 [details]
de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531
page(s): 365, pl. 2, figs 13-14; note: basis of Gmelin's (1791) Medusa utriculus [details]
Note 20°N 179°E [French system !] and Bashee...
From editor or global species database
Type locality 20°N 179°E [French system !] and Bashee Islands [Philippines] according to de la Martinière (1787) [details]
Taxonomy de La Martinière (1787) desrcibed this Physalia species, but provided no name. It was first named by Gmelin (1788) with...
Taxonomy de La Martinière (1787) desrcibed this Physalia species, but provided no name. It was first named by Gmelin (1788) with reference to de La Martinière (1787)
[details]
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Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Medusa utriculus Gmelin, 1788. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746120 on 2025-11-15
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original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3155 [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531
page(s): 365, pl. 2, figs 13-14; note: basis of Gmelin's (1791) Medusa utriculus [details]
page(s): 3155 [details]
original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) de La Martinière, J. (1787). Mémoire sur quelques insectes. [Memoir on some insects.]. <em>Observations et Mémoires sur la Physique, sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Arts et Métiers, etc.</em> 31: 207-209, 264-266, 365-366, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6045531
page(s): 365, pl. 2, figs 13-14; note: basis of Gmelin's (1791) Medusa utriculus [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy de La Martinière (1787) desrcibed this Physalia species, but provided no name. It was first named by Gmelin (1788) with reference to de La Martinière (1787)[details]
Type locality 20°N 179°E [French system !] and Bashee Islands [Philippines] according to de la Martinière (1787) [details]