WoRMS taxon details
Geryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
117098 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117098)
accepted
Genus
Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775) (type by subsequent designation)
Carmarina Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Carmaris Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Geryones Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Geryonia appendiculata Forbes, 1848 accepted as Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Geryonia bicolor Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Geryonia conoides Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
- Species Geryonia dianaea Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
- Species Geryonia fungiformis Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
- Species Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775) (objective synonym of Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Geryonia octona Fleming, 1823 accepted as Leuckartiara octona (Fleming, 1823) (basionym)
- Species Geryonia pellucida Will, 1844 accepted as Eirene viridula (Péron & Lesueur, 1810) (synonym)
- Species Geryonia rosacea Eschscholtz, 1829 accepted as Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Geryonia tetraphylla Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (basionym)
- Species Geryonia umbella Haeckel, 1864 accepted as Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
- Species Geryonia dinema Péron & Leseur, 1810 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 [details] 
Note Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775 is given...
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Type species Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775 is given as type species in Mayer (1910: 424), but which is incorrect as this nominal species was not part of the original names included in Geryonia by Péron & Lesueur. Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810, a synonym of Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775, must be used instead. [details]
Etymology Pronounciation: ɡɛː.ry.ó.nia
Latinised name. In Greek mythology, Geryon was a winged monster with three bodies joined...
Latinised name. In Greek mythology, Geryon was a winged monster with three bodies joined...
Etymology Pronounciation: ɡɛː.ry.ó.nia
Latinised name. In Greek mythology, Geryon was a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist. [details]
Latinised name. In Greek mythology, Geryon was a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist. [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Geryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117098 on 2025-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [details]
original description (of Carmarina Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Die Famile der Rüsselquallen (Medusae, Geryonidae). <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften.</em> 1: 435-461, pls 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8621096
page(s): 466 [details]
original description (of Geryones 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): 293 [details]
original description (of Carmaris 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): 296 [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]
original description (of Carmarina Haeckel, 1864) Haeckel, E. (1864). Die Famile der Rüsselquallen (Medusae, Geryonidae). <em>Jenaische Zeitschrift für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften.</em> 1: 435-461, pls 11-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8621096
page(s): 466 [details]
original description (of Geryones 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): 293 [details]
original description (of Carmaris 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): 296 [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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Pronounciation: ɡɛː.ry.ó.niaLatinised name. In Greek mythology, Geryon was a winged monster with three bodies joined at the waist. [details]
Type species Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775 is given as type species in Mayer (1910: 424), but which is incorrect as this nominal species was not part of the original names included in Geryonia by Péron & Lesueur. Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810, a synonym of Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775, must be used instead. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | オオカラカサクラゲ属 | [details] |
