Mastigias ocellatus
creator: Onyango, Eunice
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Morandini, André C.
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Mastigias ocellatus (Modeer, 1791)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2026). World List of Scyphozoa. Mastigias ocellatus (Modeer, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220484 on 2026-08-02
created: 1998-09-29T11:12:31Z
modified: 2019-12-26T18:40:50Z
replaces: 1394476
replaces: 1394478
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mastigias ocellatus (Modeer, 1791)
class: Scyphozoa
family: Mastigiidae
genus: Mastigias
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Modeer A. (1791). Tentamen systematis medusarum stabiliendi. Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum. 8(Appendix): 19-34.
name published in: Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 2: 361-672, plates 21-40.
name published in year: 1791
name published in year: 1880
order: Rhizostomeae
parent name usage ID: 206018
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Modeer, 1791)
specific epithet: ocellatus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted