MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pelagia Péron & Lesueur, 1810

WoRMS taxon details

Pelagia Péron & Lesueur, 1810

AphiaID

135262 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135262)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Pelagiidae Gegenbaur, 1856

Direct children (18)

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Species Pelagia cyanella Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Species Pelagia discoidea Eschscholtz, 1829
Species Pelagia flaveola Eschscholtz, 1829
Species Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Pelagia panopyra Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Species Pelagia benovici Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014 accepted as Mawia benovici (Piraino, Aglieri, Scorrano & Boero, 2014) (synonym)
Species Pelagia colorata Russell, 1964 accepted as Chrysaora colorata (Russell, 1964) (synonym)
Species Pelagia curaçaoensis Stiasny, 1924 accepted as Pelagia cyanella Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
Species Pelagia neglecta Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Pelagia parthenopensis Lesson, 1843 accepted as Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Pelagia perla (Slabber, 1781) accepted as Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Pelagia purpuroviolacea Stiasny, 1914 accepted as Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Pelagia quinquecirrha Desor, 1848 accepted as Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor, 1848) (synonym)
Species Pelagia rosacea Stiasny, 1914 accepted as Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
Species Pelagia denticulata Brandt (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Pelagia papillata Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Pelagia phosphora Haeckel (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Pelagia placenta Haeckel, 1879 (uncertain > unassessed)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 349 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Pelagia Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135262 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Cornelius, Paul

2019-12-15 15:22:58Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

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original description Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris. 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 349 [details]

basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	Purplestriped jellyfishes	[details]
German	Lilastreifen-Quallen	[details]
Japanese	オキクラゲ属	[details]

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