WoRMS taxon details
Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853)
117725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117725)
accepted
Species
Cosmetira punctata Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868 · unaccepted (indeterminate species, possible synonym)
Hebella calcarata (Agassiz, 1862) · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Lafoea calcarata (A. Agassiz, 1862) · unaccepted (incorrect genus)
Laodice calcarata L. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Laodice ulothrix Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Laodicea bigelowi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Laodicea calcarata L. Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Laodicea cruciata (Forsskål, 1775) · unaccepted (indeterminate species, likely synonym)
Laodicea ulothrix Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Medusa cacuminata Modeer, 1791 · unaccepted (indetermiante species, likely synonym)
Medusa cruciata Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted (indeterminate species, possible synonym)
Medusa crucigera Gmelin, 1788 · unaccepted (indeterminate species, possible synonym)
Ptychogena longigona Maas, 1893 · unaccepted (indeterminate species, possible synonym)
Thaumantias confluens Forbes & Goodsir, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thaumantias mediterranea Gegenbaur, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thaumantias undulata Forbes & Goodsir, 1853 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Thaumantias undulata Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) Forbes E., Goodsir J. (1853). On some remarkable marine Invertebrata new to the British Seas. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 20: 307-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40657151
page(s): 313, pl. 10 figs 7a-d [details]
page(s): 313, pl. 10 figs 7a-d [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2026). World Hydrozoa Database. Laodicea undulata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117725 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Laodicea calcarata L. 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): 350 [details]
original description (of Thaumantias undulata Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) Forbes E., Goodsir J. (1853). On some remarkable marine Invertebrata new to the British Seas. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 20: 307-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40657151
page(s): 313, pl. 10 figs 7a-d [details]
original description (of Thaumantias confluens Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) Forbes E., Goodsir J. (1853). On some remarkable marine Invertebrata new to the British Seas. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 20: 307-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40657151
page(s): 314, pl. 10 fig. 8a-d [details]
original description (of Medusa cruciata 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, pl. 33 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Thaumantias mediterranea Gegenbaur, 1857) Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 237, pl. 8 figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Medusa crucigera Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3158 [details]
original description (of Cosmetira punctata Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beschreibung neuer Craspedoter Medusen aus dem Golfe von Nizza. <em>Jenaer Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften.</em> 1: 326-342., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8620985
page(s): 334 [details]
original description (of Laodicea ulothrix 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): 133, pl. 8 figs 5-7 [details]
original description (of Laodice ulothrix 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): 133, pl. 8 figs 5-7 [details]
original description (of Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868) Hincks, Th., 1868. A history of the British hydroid zoophytes.London, John van Voorst. Volume 1 : i-lxviii + 1-338, volume 2: pls 1-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46798707
page(s): 210, pl. 40 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Ptychogena longigona Maas, 1893) Maas, O. (1893). Die Craspedoten Medusen der Plankton Expedition. Ergebnisse d. in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten. <em>Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt Stiftung.</em> 2 (Kc): 1-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2122174
page(s): 64, pl. 6 figs 7- [details]
original description (of Medusa cacuminata 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): 26 [details]
original description (of Laodicea bigelowi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911) Neppi V., Stiasny G. (1911). Die Hydromedusen des Golfes von Triest. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 38: 395-399., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30153654
page(s): 396 [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]
page(s): 350 [details]
original description (of Thaumantias undulata Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) Forbes E., Goodsir J. (1853). On some remarkable marine Invertebrata new to the British Seas. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 20: 307-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40657151
page(s): 313, pl. 10 figs 7a-d [details]
original description (of Thaumantias confluens Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) Forbes E., Goodsir J. (1853). On some remarkable marine Invertebrata new to the British Seas. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 20: 307-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40657151
page(s): 314, pl. 10 fig. 8a-d [details]
original description (of Medusa cruciata 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, pl. 33 figs 1-2 [details]
original description (of Thaumantias mediterranea Gegenbaur, 1857) Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systems der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> Leipzig 8: 202-273, pls 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13864647
page(s): 237, pl. 8 figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Medusa crucigera Gmelin, 1788) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3158 [details]
original description (of Cosmetira punctata Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Beschreibung neuer Craspedoter Medusen aus dem Golfe von Nizza. <em>Jenaer Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften.</em> 1: 326-342., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8620985
page(s): 334 [details]
original description (of Laodicea ulothrix 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): 133, pl. 8 figs 5-7 [details]
original description (of Laodice ulothrix 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): 133, pl. 8 figs 5-7 [details]
original description (of Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868) Hincks, Th., 1868. A history of the British hydroid zoophytes.London, John van Voorst. Volume 1 : i-lxviii + 1-338, volume 2: pls 1-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46798707
page(s): 210, pl. 40 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Ptychogena longigona Maas, 1893) Maas, O. (1893). Die Craspedoten Medusen der Plankton Expedition. Ergebnisse d. in dem Atlantischen Ocean von Mitte Juli bis Anfang November 1889 ausgeführten. <em>Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt Stiftung.</em> 2 (Kc): 1-107., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2122174
page(s): 64, pl. 6 figs 7- [details]
original description (of Medusa cacuminata 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): 26 [details]
original description (of Laodicea bigelowi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911) Neppi V., Stiasny G. (1911). Die Hydromedusen des Golfes von Triest. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 38: 395-399., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30153654
page(s): 396 [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]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Kramp, P. L. (1961). Synopsis of the medusae of the world. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U. K.</em> 40: 1-469. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 141 [details]
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)
page(s): 99 [details]
redescription Schuchert. P. (2017). Systematic notes on some leptomedusa species with a description of Neotima galeai n. spec. (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 124(2): 351-375., available online at https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?urlId=10.5281%2Fzenodo.893549
page(s): 353, Fig. 2A-C [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
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)
page(s): 99 [details]
redescription Schuchert. P. (2017). Systematic notes on some leptomedusa species with a description of Neotima galeai n. spec. (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 124(2): 351-375., available online at https://bioone.org/journalArticle/Download?urlId=10.5281%2Fzenodo.893549
page(s): 353, Fig. 2A-C [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Schuchert P.; Collins R. (2021). Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 128(2): 237-356., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0049
page(s): 280, Fig 27A-E; note: 16S DNA barcodes [details]
page(s): 280, Fig 27A-E; note: 16S DNA barcodes [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Shih, C.T., 1977. A guide to the Jellyfish of Canadian Atlantic waters. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Natural History Series 5 : 1-190. [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]Unreviewed
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]Distribution Atlantic coast of Newfoundland; Grand Banks [details]
Habitat shelf [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヤワラクラゲヘンゲコップガヤ [from synonym] | [details] |
specimen photos
specimen photos
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Laodicea cruciata (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Laodice calcarata L. Agassiz, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Hebella calcarata (Agassiz, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Laodicea bigelowi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ptychogena longigona Maas, 1893)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Hebella calcarata (Agassiz, 1862))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laodicea undulata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Thaumantias undulata Forbes & Goodsir, 1853)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Laodicea bigelowi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911)
To PESI (from synonym Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Hebella calcarata (Agassiz, 1862))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (90 records)
To ITIS
specimen photos
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Laodicea cruciata (Forsskål, 1775))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Laodice calcarata L. Agassiz, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Hebella calcarata (Agassiz, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Laodicea bigelowi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Ptychogena longigona Maas, 1893)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Hebella calcarata (Agassiz, 1862))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Laodicea undulata)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Thaumantias undulata Forbes & Goodsir, 1853)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Laodicea bigelowi Neppi & Stiasny, 1911)
To PESI (from synonym Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Hebella calcarata (Agassiz, 1862))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) (from synonym Cuspidella costata Hincks, 1868)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (90 records)
To ITIS
