WoRMS taxon details
Mastigias ocellatus (Modeer, 1791)
220484 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220484)
accepted
Species
Medusa ocellata Modeer, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Versura palmata Haeckel, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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]
page(s): 27 [details]
Type locality contained in Indian Ocean
type locality contained in Indian Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Nomenclature possibly similar to Mastigias papua
Description reddish-brown, to 15 cm width, with fine, polygonal warts on surface. In adults, pale patches on edge to bell with brown...
Nomenclature possibly similar to Mastigias papua [details]
Description reddish-brown, to 15 cm width, with fine, polygonal warts on surface. In adults, pale patches on edge to bell with brown...
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]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Mastigias ocellatus (Modeer, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220484 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
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]
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]
Other
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
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additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 516-517 [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature possibly similar to Mastigias papua [details]Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | golden medusa | [details] |
