WoRMS name details
Favonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
473664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:473664)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Genus
- Species Favonia nipponica Kishinouye, 1910 accepted as Nemopsis dofleini Maas, 1909 (synonym)
- Species Favonia sulcata Kishinouye, 1910 accepted as Nemopsis dofleini Maas, 1909 (synonym)
- Species Favonia hexanema Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Favonia octonema Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, terrestrial
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): 328 [details]
page(s): 328 [details]
Status The identity of the genus Favonia and two species described by Péron & Lesueur (1810b) is unclear. The illustrations were...
Status The identity of the genus Favonia and two species described by Péron & Lesueur (1810b) is unclear. The illustrations were only published in 1995 (Goy, 1995) and suggest that they more likely belong to the Scyphozoa Rhizostomidae as already concluded by Agassiz (1862). [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Favonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473664 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
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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): 328 [details]
page(s): 328 [details]
Other
additional source
Baglione G., Cremière C., Goy J., Schmitt S. (2014). Méduses / Jellyfish. <em>MkF éditions, Paris, 168 pp.</em> [details]
From editor or global species database
Status The identity of the genus Favonia and two species described by Péron & Lesueur (1810b) is unclear. The illustrations were only published in 1995 (Goy, 1995) and suggest that they more likely belong to the Scyphozoa Rhizostomidae as already concluded by Agassiz (1862). [details]
