Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775) 
AphiaID: 135305

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Scyphozoa > Discomedusae > Semaeostomeae > Pelagiidae > Pelagia

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Pelagia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Sources		original description: Forskal P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit, Petrus forskäl; Prof. Haun. Post Mortem Auctoris Ed. Cartsen Neibuhr. , Hauniae, 215. [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] basis of record: Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Larson, R.J. 1976. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. NOAA Techical Report NMFS Circular 397. 18 p. [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (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] additional source: Gershwin, L. (2009). Staurozoa, Cubozoa, Scyphozoa (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] 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] context source: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   Catalan acàlef luminiscent  [details] Catalan medusa luminiscent  [details] Dutch lichtende kwal  [details] Dutch parelkwal  [details] English mauve stinger  [details] English purplestripped jelly  [details] Finnish Loistomeduusa  [details] French méduse pélagique  [details] French piqueur-mauve  [details] German Leuchtqualle  [details] Italian medusa luminosa  [details] Polish meduza świecąca  [details] Slovenian mesečinka  [details] Spanish acalefo luminiscente  [details] Swedish lysmanet  [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Coast [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Red Sea [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details]
Links		Marine Life Information Network - UK To Antarctic Invertebrates To Biodiversity Heritage Library (285 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (417 nucleotides; 181 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS
Images		Pelagia noctiluca added on 2006-05-31 - author: Gaynor Kenna qualitystatus: not checked Slabber (1778, pl. 13) added on 2008-06-16 - author: M. Slabber scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten qualitystatus: checked by Schuchert, Peter on 2011-10-19 09:40:19 Pelagia noctiluca added on 2008-11-18 - author: Collection Georges Declercq qualitystatus: not checked Pelagia noctiluca, Forskål, 1775 added on 2010-10-21 - author: Hillewaert, Hans qualitystatus: not checked Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål, 1775) added on 2010-10-21 - author: Hillewaert, Hans qualitystatus: not checked Pelagia noctiluca added on 2011-03-30 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada () qualitystatus: not checked Pelagia noctiluca added on 2012-02-16 - author: Pillon, Roberto () qualitystatus: not checked
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135305
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   Cornelius, Paul
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		Citation: Cornelius, P. (2013). Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135305 on 2013-05-20
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