WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Medusa ocellata Modeer, 1791) Modeer A. (1791). Tentamen systematis medusarum stabiliendi. <em>Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum.</em> 8(Appendix): 19-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42019836 page(s): 27 [details]
original description
(of Versura palmata Haeckel, 1880) Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982 page(s): 606-607 [details]
basis of record
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p. page(s): 516-517 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature possibly similar to Mastigias papua [details]Unverified
Description reddish-brown, to 15 cm width, with fine, polygonal warts on surface. In adults, pale patches on edge to bell with brown centre and rim. It is harmless (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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