WoRMS name details
original description
(of Willia brooksi Mayer, 1910) Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020 page(s): 194, fig. 101C-F [details]
basis of record
Vervoort, W.; Schuchert, P. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy
Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283. page(s): 178 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Kramp 1959: 178, probably P. stellata. Already Mayer (1910) thought it could be conspecific. [details]Unreviewed
Biology colonial, commensal on sabellid polychaetes, free medusae [details]
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