WoRMS taxon details
Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810
![Aequorea allantophora [=Aequorea forskalea], scan of illustrations of Péron & Lesueur](https://images.marinespecies.org/thumbs/136288_aequorea-allantophora-aequorea-forskalea-scan-of-illustrations.jpg?w=205 "Aequorea allantophora [=Aequorea forskalea], scan of illustrations of Péron & Lesueur")
117270 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117270)
accepted
Species
Aequorea (Aequoranna) discus Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (invalid name)
Aequorea allantophora Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aequorea discus Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted
Aequorea forbesiana Gosse, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aequorea forskalina Eschscholtz, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aequorea rissoana Risso, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Aequorea stauroglypha Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Aequorea violacea Milne Edwards, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Campanulina paracuminata Rees, 1938 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Cremastoma flava A. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Medusa aequorea Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted (invalid junior homonym of Medusa...)
invalid junior homonym of Medusa aequorea Linnaeus, 1758
Mesonema (Mesonemella) eurystoma Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mesonema eurystoma Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polycanna americana Fewkes, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polycanna flava (A. Agassiz, 1862) · unaccepted (unaccepted genus)
Polycanna fungina Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Polycanna germanica Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Polycanna italica Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhacostoma dispar Mayer, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Staurobrachium stauroglyphum (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, terrestrial
recent only
Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 336 [details]
page(s): 336 [details]
Type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea
type locality contained in Mediterranean Sea [details]
Schuchert, P. (2024). World Hydrozoa Database. Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117270 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 336 [details]
original description (of Medusa aequorea Forsskål, 1775) 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 [text volume, 1775], plate 32 [atlas, 1776] [details]
original description (of Cremastoma flava A. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 360 [details]
original description (of Aequorea stauroglypha Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 337 [details]
original description (of Aequorea allantophora Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 338 [details]
original description (of Aequorea discus Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 229 [details]
original description (of Aequorea (Aequoranna) discus Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Mesonema (Mesonemella) eurystoma Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 227 [details]
original description (of Aequorea rissoana Risso, 1827) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 294, pl. 7 figs 37-38 [details]
original description (of Aequorea forskalina Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 109 [details]
original description (of Aequorea violacea Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2)16: 193-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730650
page(s): 195, pl. 1 [details]
original description (of Aequorea forbesiana Gosse, 1853) Gosse, P.H. (1853). A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast. <em>John van Voorst, London.</em> pp. i-xvi, 1-451, pls 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23993750
page(s): 348, pl. 24 [details]
original description (of Mesonema eurystoma Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 227 [details]
original description (of Polycanna fungina Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 229, pl. 14 figs 4-7 [details]
original description (of Polycanna germanica Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 230, pl. 14 figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Polycanna italica Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 230 [details]
original description (of Rhacostoma dispar Mayer, 1900) Mayer, A. G. (1900). Some medusae from the Tortugas, Florida. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard.</em> 37: 13-82, pls 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4271669
page(s): 61, pl. 13 figs 27-29 [details]
original description (of Campanulina paracuminata Rees, 1938) Rees W.J. (1938). Observations on British and Norwegian hydroids and their medusae. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 23: 1-42.
page(s): 33, fig. 10a-c. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Polycanna americana Fewkes, 1886) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 959 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995). North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Part 1. Laodiceidae to Haleciidae. <em>In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council.</em> 50 : i-vii, 1-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 336 [details]
original description (of Medusa aequorea Forsskål, 1775) 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 [text volume, 1775], plate 32 [atlas, 1776] [details]
original description (of Cremastoma flava A. Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 360 [details]
original description (of Aequorea stauroglypha Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 337 [details]
original description (of Aequorea allantophora Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 338 [details]
original description (of Aequorea discus Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 229 [details]
original description (of Aequorea (Aequoranna) discus Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Mesonema (Mesonemella) eurystoma Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 227 [details]
original description (of Aequorea rissoana Risso, 1827) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 294, pl. 7 figs 37-38 [details]
original description (of Aequorea forskalina Eschscholtz, 1829) Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10665047
page(s): 109 [details]
original description (of Aequorea violacea Milne Edwards, 1841) Milne Edwards, H. (1841). Sur la structure et les fonctions de quelques zoophytes, mollusques et crustacés des côtes de la France. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> (2)16: 193-232., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730650
page(s): 195, pl. 1 [details]
original description (of Aequorea forbesiana Gosse, 1853) Gosse, P.H. (1853). A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast. <em>John van Voorst, London.</em> pp. i-xvi, 1-451, pls 1-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23993750
page(s): 348, pl. 24 [details]
original description (of Mesonema eurystoma Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 227 [details]
original description (of Polycanna fungina Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 229, pl. 14 figs 4-7 [details]
original description (of Polycanna germanica Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 230, pl. 14 figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Polycanna italica Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 230 [details]
original description (of Rhacostoma dispar Mayer, 1900) Mayer, A. G. (1900). Some medusae from the Tortugas, Florida. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard.</em> 37: 13-82, pls 1-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4271669
page(s): 61, pl. 13 figs 27-29 [details]
original description (of Campanulina paracuminata Rees, 1938) Rees W.J. (1938). Observations on British and Norwegian hydroids and their medusae. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 23: 1-42.
page(s): 33, fig. 10a-c. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Polycanna americana Fewkes, 1886) Fewkes, J. W. 1886a. Report on the medusae collected by the U. S. F. C. Steamer Albatross, in the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1883-84. - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries 12: 927-980, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15835306
page(s): 959 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cornelius, P. F. S. (1995). North-West European Thecate Hydroids and their Medusae. Part 1. Laodiceidae to Haleciidae. <em>In: R.S.K. Barnes & J.H. Crothers, eds, Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series). The Linn. Soc. London and Est. Coas. Sci. Ass. - Field Studies Council.</em> 50 : i-vii, 1-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology colonial, free medusae [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | many-ribbed jellyfishmany-ribbed hydromedusa [from synonym]crystal jelly | [details] |
| German | KristallqualleGerippte Hydromeduse [from synonym]Forskal-Qualle | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775))
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Medusa aequorea Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aequorea forskalea)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775))
To PESI (from synonym Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Polycanna americana Fewkes, 1886)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (34 records) (from synonym Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775))
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Medusa aequorea Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (54 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aequorea forskalea)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775))
To PESI (from synonym Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (11 records) (from synonym Polycanna americana Fewkes, 1886)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (34 records) (from synonym Aequorea aequorea (Forsskål, 1775))
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
