Hydrozoa name details
Medusa cruciata Forsskål, 1775
863084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:863084)
unaccepted (indeterminate species, possible synonym)
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): 110, pl. 33 figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 110, pl. 33 figs 1-2 [details]
Taxonomic remark Species is not recognisable, but could be Laodicea undulata.
Taxonomic remark Species is not recognisable, but could be Laodicea undulata. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Medusa cruciata Forsskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php/api-docs/css/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=863084 on 2026-08-23
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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): 110, pl. 33 figs 1-2 [details]
page(s): 110, pl. 33 figs 1-2 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Species is not recognisable, but could be Laodicea undulata. [details]