Medusa Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 596365

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Cnidaria > Cnidaria incertae sedis

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Cnidaria incertae sedis
Source		Not documented
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Medusa sanguinolenta Modeer, 1791 accepted as Turritopsis polycirrha (Keferstein, 1862) (species inquirenda, possible synonym) Species Medusa duodecilia Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Bougainvillia principis (Steenstrup, 1850) Species Medusa ocilia Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Bougainvillia pyramidata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1853) Species Medusa octocilia Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Bougainvillia muscus (Allman, 1863) Species Medusa pileata Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Neoturris pileata (Forsskål, 1775) Species Medusa proboscidea Dalyell, 1847 accepted as Sarsia tubulosa (M. Sars, 1835)
Environment		marine
Note		Status: A valid name, but not in use. Linnaeus used it for a variaty of jellyfish which are now in different classes. As no type species has been specified, the genus cannot be subordinated to a class or family. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:596365
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2012-03-09 07:43:07Z   created   Schuchert, Peter
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		Citation: Hydrozoa (2013). Medusa Linnaeus, 1758. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database at http://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596365 on 2013-05-22