BeRMS name details
Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758
736846 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:736846)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 660 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 660 [details] Available for editors
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736846 on 2026-06-16
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Medusa velella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=736846 on 2026-06-16
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 660 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bohadsch, J. B. (1776). Beschreibung einiger minderbekannten Seethiere, und ihren Eigenschaften. Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung. Dresden., pp. 130-133 (160 total pages in volume).
page(s): 130-133 [details]
page(s): 660 [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bohadsch, J. B. (1776). Beschreibung einiger minderbekannten Seethiere, und ihren Eigenschaften. Waltherischen Hofbuchhandlung. Dresden., pp. 130-133 (160 total pages in volume).
page(s): 130-133 [details]