WoRMS taxon details
Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775)
117567 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117567)
accepted
Species
Carmarina hastata Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Carmaris Giltschii Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Carmaris rosea Agassiz & Mayer, 1902 · unaccepted
Carmaris umbella Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dianaea endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted (synonym)
Geryones elephas Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Geryones mexicana Agassiz & Mayer, 1902 · unaccepted
Geryonia conoides Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Geryonia dianaea Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Geryonia fungiformis Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (objective synonym of Medusa...)
objective synonym of Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775
Geryonia umbella Haeckel, 1864 · unaccepted (synonym)
Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 108, pl. 36 fig. 1. [details]
page(s): 108, pl. 36 fig. 1. [details]
Note Mediterranean Sea (Forsskål, 1775)
Type locality Mediterranean Sea (Forsskål, 1775) [details]
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117567 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 108, pl. 36 fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810) 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
page(s): 329 [details]
original description (of Carmarina hastata 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): 467, pl 11 figs 1-10 [details]
original description (of Geryones elephas 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): 294, pl. 18 fig 7 [details]
original description (of Geryonia dianaea 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): 295 [details]
original description (of Dianaea endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 566, pl. 84 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Geryonia umbella 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): 464 [details]
original description (of Carmaris Giltschii 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, pl. 18 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Geryonia fungiformis 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): 465 [details]
original description (of Geryonia conoides 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 Carmaris umbella 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]
original description (of Geryones mexicana Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) Agassiz, A., & Mayer, A. G. 1902. Medusae. Report of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. U.S. Fish Comm. St. Albatross, 1899-1900. III. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 26: 136-176, pls 131-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6356273
page(s): 149, pl. 4 fig. 17 [details]
original description (of Carmaris rosea Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) Agassiz, A., & Mayer, A. G. 1902. Medusae. Report of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. U.S. Fish Comm. St. Albatross, 1899-1900. III. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 26: 136-176, pls 131-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6356273
page(s): 149, pl. 4 fig. 18 [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]
page(s): 108, pl. 36 fig. 1. [details]
original description (of Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810) 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
page(s): 329 [details]
original description (of Carmarina hastata 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): 467, pl 11 figs 1-10 [details]
original description (of Geryones elephas 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): 294, pl. 18 fig 7 [details]
original description (of Geryonia dianaea 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): 295 [details]
original description (of Dianaea endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044
page(s): 566, pl. 84 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Geryonia umbella 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): 464 [details]
original description (of Carmaris Giltschii 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, pl. 18 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Geryonia fungiformis 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): 465 [details]
original description (of Geryonia conoides 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 Carmaris umbella 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]
original description (of Geryones mexicana Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) Agassiz, A., & Mayer, A. G. 1902. Medusae. Report of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. U.S. Fish Comm. St. Albatross, 1899-1900. III. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 26: 136-176, pls 131-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6356273
page(s): 149, pl. 4 fig. 17 [details]
original description (of Carmaris rosea Agassiz & Mayer, 1902) Agassiz, A., & Mayer, A. G. 1902. Medusae. Report of the scientific research expedition to the tropical Pacific. U.S. Fish Comm. St. Albatross, 1899-1900. III. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 26: 136-176, pls 131-114., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6356273
page(s): 149, pl. 4 fig. 18 [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1327020
page(s): 425, pl. 53 figs 1-3, pl 43 fig 10, text-fig. 282 [details]
page(s): 425, pl. 53 figs 1-3, pl 43 fig 10, text-fig. 282 [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Schuchert P.; Collins R. (2021). Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream. <em>Revue suisse de Zoologie.</em> 128(2): 237-356., available online at https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0049
page(s): 336, Fig. 61A-B; note: 16S DNA barcodes [details]
page(s): 336, Fig. 61A-B; note: 16S DNA barcodes [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, L.M. Nigro, C.J. Sweetman, N.J. Copley, T. Sutton & P.H. Wiebe. (2010). A 'Rosetta Stone' for metazoan zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of species diversity of the Sargasso Sea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Wiebe, P.H., S. Schnack-Schiel & S. Nishida (eds.). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26):2234-2247. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, L.M. Nigro, C.J. Sweetman, N.J. Copley, T. Sutton & P.H. Wiebe. (2010). A 'Rosetta Stone' for metazoan zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of species diversity of the Sargasso Sea (Northwest Atlantic Ocean). <em>In: Wiebe, P.H., S. Schnack-Schiel & S. Nishida (eds.). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography.</em> 57(24-26):2234-2247. [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Navas-Pereira, D. & Vannucci, M. (1991). The Hydromedusae and water masses of the Indian Ocean. <em>Bolm Inst. Oceanogr.</em> 39(1): 25-60. [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]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Mediterranean Sea (Forsskål, 1775) [details]Unreviewed
Biology only medusae, direct development [details]Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | trunked jellyfish | [details] |
| German | RüsselqualleRüsselmeduse | [details] |
| Japanese | オオカラカサクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geryonia proboscidalis)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (24 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Geryonia hexaphylla Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Geryonia proboscidalis)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (24 records)
To ITIS
