WoRMS taxon details
Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri, 1778)
135297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135297)
accepted
Species
Cassiopea borbonica Delle Chiaje, 1823 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cassiopea Canariensis Tilesius, 1831 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cephea polychroma Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Medusa tuberculata Gmelin, 1788 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Type locality contained in Tyrrhenian Sea, Naples Bay (Florida), Canary...
type locality contained in Tyrrhenian Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Naples Bay (Florida) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Naples Bay (Florida) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in Canary Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2026). World List of Scyphozoa. Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135297 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cassiopea borbonica Delle Chiaje, 1823) Delle Chiaje S. (1823-1831). Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. <em>Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4).</em> Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021
page(s): 75, pls 3-4, figs 1-6 [details]
original description (of Medusa tuberculata Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J.F. (1788). Carolia Linne Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. (ed. 13). [ Charles Linnaeus's System of Nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. (ed. 13)]. <em>Lipsiae Impensis Georg. Emanuel Beer.</em> II(6): 1662 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.545
page(s): 3155 [details]
original description (of Cephea polychroma 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): 361 [details]
original description (of Cassiopea Canariensis Tilesius, 1831) Tilesius, W.G. (1831). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Medusen. I. Cassiopeae. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum.</em> 15(2): 247-288.
page(s): 285, pl. 73 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 75, pls 3-4, figs 1-6 [details]
original description (of Medusa tuberculata Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J.F. (1788). Carolia Linne Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. (ed. 13). [ Charles Linnaeus's System of Nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. (ed. 13)]. <em>Lipsiae Impensis Georg. Emanuel Beer.</em> II(6): 1662 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.545
page(s): 3155 [details]
original description (of Cephea polychroma 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): 361 [details]
original description (of Cassiopea Canariensis Tilesius, 1831) Tilesius, W.G. (1831). Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Medusen. I. Cassiopeae. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum.</em> 15(2): 247-288.
page(s): 285, pl. 73 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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): 603, 610, 611 [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 464-465 [details]
additional source 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): 603, 610, 611 [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 464-465 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | meduza lulelakër | [details] |
| Catalan | ou ferratborm groc | [details] |
| English | Mediterranean jellyfishMediterranean jellyfried-egg jellyfishfried egg jellyfish | [details] |
| French | méduse poumonméduse œuf au pla | [details] |
| German | Spiegelei-QualleSpiegeleiqualleKnollenqualle | [details] |
| Italian | Cassiopea mediterranea | [details] |
| Spanish | medusa huevo fritoaguacuajada | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cotylorhiza tuberculata)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Medusa tuberculata Gmelin, 1788)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cotylorhiza tuberculata)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Medusa tuberculata Gmelin, 1788)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
