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WoRMS taxon details

Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767)

AphiaID

135304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135304)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Original name

Medusa hysoscella Linnaeus, 1767

Synonymised names

Chrysaora aspilonota Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)

Chrysaora cyclonota Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)

Chrysaora Lesueur Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)

Chrysaora mediterranea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)

Medusa hysoscella Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Medusa hysoscella Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1097 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Portugal

type locality contained in Portugal [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Cosmopolitan species.

Distribution Cosmopolitan species. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135304 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Cornelius, Paul

2018-10-02 11:31:08Z

changed

Collins, Allen G.

2019-12-16 00:13:05Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

Licensing

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original description (of Medusa hysoscella Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1097 [details]

original description (of Chrysaora aspilonota 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. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 365 [details]

original description (of Chrysaora cyclonota 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. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 365 [details]

original description (of Chrysaora Lesueur 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. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 365 [details]

original description (of Chrysaora mediterranea 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. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 366 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]

context source (BeRMS 2020) Marine Biology Section, Ugent. Belgium. INRAM. Benthic fauna monitoring- SSD - Belgian Science Policy., available online at http://www.vliz.be/projects/inram/imers.php. [details]

basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Identification Differentiated from C. fulgida in Ras et al. 2020 [details]

Identification Differentiated from Chyrsaora fulgida in Ras et al. 2020. [details]

Unreviewed

Distribution Cosmopolitan species. [details]

Habitat coastal [details]

Morphology Umbrella flat smooth and thick, 15-49cm in diametar, the color is variable, but is characterized by 16 v-shaped gold-brown or yellow-brown marks on the upper umbrella, radiating from the central region, there are 24 marginal tentacles, which are easly broken off, and thirty-two pigmented semi-circular marginal lappets. [details]

Remark Present from half May until half September. Umbrella between 1 and 12 cm. Young medusa with umbrella diameter less than 4 cm have only 8 tentacles and are hard to distinguish from Pelagia noctiluca (Leloup, 1952, Russell, 1970). Small medusa (2-4cm) identified as Pelagia noctiluca (De Blauwe, 2001) were in fact Chrysaora hyosescella. [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Albanian	meduza këlyshlindëse	[details]
Dutch	kompaskwal	[details]
English	red-banded jellyfishcompass jellyfish	[details]
French	chrysaoreacalèphe rayonnée	[details]
German	Kompassqualle	[details]
Swedish	kompassmanet	[details]