original description
(of Aurelia colpota Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1834-1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. <em>Recueil des Actes de la Séance Publique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 1834: 201-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 225-226 [details]
basis of record
F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity Misspelling propagated by databases (EoL, etc.) [details]
Validity As stated in the other note this binomen is a misspelling propagated by databases.
In fact, there is no "colpata" written in any of Brandt's papers on medusae [details]