WoRMS taxon details
Cassiopea mertensi (Brandt, 1838)
287168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287168)
accepted
Species
Rhizostoma mertensi Brandt, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Rhizostoma mertensi Brandt, 1838) Brandt, J. F. (1838a). Ausführliche Beschreibung der von C. H. Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schwimmquallen. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> (6)2: 237-412., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29058927
page(s): 396-399 [details]
page(s): 396-399 [details]
Type locality contained in Micronesian part of the South Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in Micronesian part of the South Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2026). World List of Scyphozoa. Cassiopea mertensi (Brandt, 1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287168 on 2026-08-17
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Nomenclature
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(of Rhizostoma mertensi Brandt, 1838) Brandt, J. F. (1838a). Ausführliche Beschreibung der von C. H. Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schwimmquallen. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg.</em> (6)2: 237-412., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29058927
page(s): 396-399 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 396-399 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 496-497 [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): 556, 572 [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 496-497 [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): 556, 572 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
