WoRMS name details
Medusa campanula Fabricius, 1780
871074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:871074)
unaccepted (possible synonym, doubtful species)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 366 [details]
page(s): 366 [details]
Note Greenland
From editor or global species database
Type locality Greenland [details]
Taxonomic remark Indeterminate species, perhaps identical to Catablema vesicarium.
Later erreonously used by Agassiz (1862) in the...
Later erreonously used by Agassiz (1862) in the...
Taxonomic remark Indeterminate species, perhaps identical to Catablema vesicarium.
Later erreonously used by Agassiz (1862) in the combination Melicertum campanula with a completely different meaning (= Melicertum octocostatum). [details]
Later erreonously used by Agassiz (1862) in the combination Melicertum campanula with a completely different meaning (= Melicertum octocostatum). [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Medusa campanula Fabricius, 1780. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=871074 on 2025-05-01
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Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 366 [details]
page(s): 366 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Indeterminate species, perhaps identical to Catablema vesicarium.Later erreonously used by Agassiz (1862) in the combination Melicertum campanula with a completely different meaning (= Melicertum octocostatum). [details]
Type locality Greenland [details]