WoRMS taxon details
Mastigias papua (Lesson, 1830)
220485 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220485)
accepted
Species
Cephea papua Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mastigias papua var. Sibogae Maas, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mastigias physophora Kishinouye, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudorhiza thocambaui Agassiz & Mayer, 1899 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Variety Mastigias papua var. Sibogae Maas, 1903 accepted as Mastigias papua (Lesson, 1830) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cephea papua Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). <i>Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie</i>, 2(1): 1-471 [pp. 1-24, pls 1-9 (1830), 25-471, pls 10-16 (1831)] Paris: Arthus Bertrand. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119040
page(s): 122-123, pl. XI [details]
page(s): 122-123, pl. XI [details]
Type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Taxonomic remark Dawson (2005) described 5 subspecies of M. papua.
Mastigias papua remengesaui
Mastigias papua nakamurai
Mastigias papua...
Description Width to 10 cm. Conspicuous. Eight thick mouth-arms with long terminal clubs, which may detach. Bell transparent when...
Mastigias papua remengesaui
Mastigias papua nakamurai
Mastigias papua...
Taxonomic remark Dawson (2005) described 5 subspecies of M. papua.
Mastigias papua remengesaui
Mastigias papua nakamurai
Mastigias papua etpsoni
Mastigias papua saliii
Mastigias papua remeliiki [details]
Mastigias papua remengesaui
Mastigias papua nakamurai
Mastigias papua etpsoni
Mastigias papua saliii
Mastigias papua remeliiki [details]
Description Width to 10 cm. Conspicuous. Eight thick mouth-arms with long terminal clubs, which may detach. Bell transparent when...
Description Width to 10 cm. Conspicuous. Eight thick mouth-arms with long terminal clubs, which may detach. Bell transparent when young, later translucent dark bluish-green or pale brown, with scattered pale patches. Swims incessantly and often swarms. Habitat: coastal waters. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean, N Australia, also SW Atlantic (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Mastigias papua (Lesson, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220485 on 2024-04-19
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original description
(of Mastigias papua var. Sibogae Maas, 1903) Maas, O. (1903). Die Scyphomedusen der Siboga Expedition. <em>Siboga Exped. 1901.</em> 11 (9): 1-91, 12 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11300
page(s): 66-69, [details]
original description (of Mastigias physophora Kishinouye, 1895) Kishinouye, K. (1895). Description of a new Rhizostoma Mastigias physophora, nov. spec. <em>Zoological magazine (Dobutsugaku zasshi).</em> 7(78): 86-88.
page(s): 86-88, pl. XIII [details]
original description (of Pseudorhiza thocambaui Agassiz & Mayer, 1899) Agassiz, A. and Mayer, A. G. 1899. Acalephs from the Fiji Islands. - Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College 32: 157-189, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28879983
page(s): 173-175, pl. 13, figs 40-44 [details]
original description (of Cephea papua Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). <i>Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie</i>, 2(1): 1-471 [pp. 1-24, pls 1-9 (1830), 25-471, pls 10-16 (1831)] Paris: Arthus Bertrand. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119040
page(s): 122-123, pl. XI [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 623 [details]
additional source 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]
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 Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 519-521 [details]
page(s): 66-69, [details]
original description (of Mastigias physophora Kishinouye, 1895) Kishinouye, K. (1895). Description of a new Rhizostoma Mastigias physophora, nov. spec. <em>Zoological magazine (Dobutsugaku zasshi).</em> 7(78): 86-88.
page(s): 86-88, pl. XIII [details]
original description (of Pseudorhiza thocambaui Agassiz & Mayer, 1899) Agassiz, A. and Mayer, A. G. 1899. Acalephs from the Fiji Islands. - Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoölogy of Harvard College 32: 157-189, pls 1-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28879983
page(s): 173-175, pl. 13, figs 40-44 [details]
original description (of Cephea papua Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). <i>Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie</i>, 2(1): 1-471 [pp. 1-24, pls 1-9 (1830), 25-471, pls 10-16 (1831)] Paris: Arthus Bertrand. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119040
page(s): 122-123, pl. XI [details]
context source (HKRMS) Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 623 [details]
additional source 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]
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 Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 519-521 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Dawson (2005) described 5 subspecies of M. papua.Mastigias papua remengesaui
Mastigias papua nakamurai
Mastigias papua etpsoni
Mastigias papua saliii
Mastigias papua remeliiki [details]
From other sources
Description Width to 10 cm. Conspicuous. Eight thick mouth-arms with long terminal clubs, which may detach. Bell transparent when young, later translucent dark bluish-green or pale brown, with scattered pale patches. Swims incessantly and often swarms. Habitat: coastal waters. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean, N Australia, also SW Atlantic (Richmond, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spotted jellyPapuan jellyfishlagoon jellygolden medusa | [details] |
| German | Papua-QuallePalau-Qualle | [details] |
| Japanese | タコクラゲ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (357 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (530 nucleotides; 476 proteins)
To GenBank (530 nucleotides; 476 proteins) (from synonym Cephea papua Lesson, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (13 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (530 nucleotides; 476 proteins)
To GenBank (530 nucleotides; 476 proteins) (from synonym Cephea papua Lesson, 1830)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (13 records)
To ITIS
