WoRMS name details

Medusa cephea Forskål, 1775

1393808  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1393808)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Cnidaria incertae sedis (Subphylum)
  5. Medusa (Genus)
  6. Medusa cephea (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. XXX [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Red Sea  
type locality contained in Red Sea [details]
WoRMS (2025). Medusa cephea Forskål, 1775. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1393808 on 2025-05-03
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2019-12-22 20:34:56Z
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Morandini, André C.

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Nomenclature

original description 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. XXX [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   


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