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WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Cassiopea picta Vanhöffen, 1888) Vanhöffen, E. (1888). Untersuchungen über semäostome und rhizostome Medusen. Bibliotheca Zoologica. 1: 1-52.
page(s): 26-27, pl. II figs 1-2 [details]
original description
(of Medusa andromeda Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 107 [details] 
original description
(of Cassiopea andromeda var. malayensis Maas, 1903) Maas, O. (1903). Die scyphomedusen der Siboga-expedition. Sigoga-Expeditie, 11: 1-91. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050838
page(s): 43-45 [details]
original description
(of Cassiopea polypoides Keller, 1883) Keller, C. 1883. Untersuchungen über neue Medusen aus dem Rothen Meere. - Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 38: 621-670, pls 35-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43241733
page(s): 632-635 [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]
Othercontext source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors  [request]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
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. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 566, 567, 569, 570, 573 [details]
additional source
Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source
Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 484-487 [details]
Syntype (of Cassiopea andromeda var. malayensis Maas, 1903) ZMA ZMA.COEL.1983, geounit Lesser Sunda Islands [details]
Syntype (of Cassiopea andromeda var. malayensis Maas, 1903) ZMA ZMA.COEL.1984, geounit Maluku [details]
Syntype (of Cassiopea andromeda var. malayensis Maas, 1903) ZMA ZMA.COEL.1985, geounit Sulawesi [details]
Syntype (of Cassiopea andromeda var. malayensis Maas, 1903) ZMA ZMA.COEL.1987, geounit Java [details]
Syntype (of Cassiopea andromeda var. malayensis Maas, 1903) ZMA ZMA.COEL.1988, geounit Maluku [details]
Syntype (of Cassiopea andromeda var. malayensis Maas, 1903) ZMA ZMA.COEL.1989, geounit Sulawesi [details]
Syntype (of Cassiopea andromeda var. malayensis Maas, 1903) ZMA ZMA.COEL.1991, geounit Maluku [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Common to dominant [details]
Introduced species abundance in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Common to dominant [details]
Introduced species impact in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Human health [details]
Introduced species impact in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Loss of public/tourist amenity [details]
Introduced species remark in Turkey (Nation) : "The high abundance of the species in the Ölüdeniz Lagoon and along the Turkish coast is of great concern as it may annoy bathers and impact tourism." [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Greek part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkey (Nation) : The juvenile benthic stage may have arrived in ships' hull-fouling; the pelagic stage in ballast water, or ephyrae may have reached the area with water currents from the Levantine coast. [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : The mode of introduction C. andromeda is unclear. The juvenile benthic stage may have arrived in ships' hull-fouling; the pelagic stage in ballast water, or ephyrae may have reached the area with water currents from the Levantine coast (Çevik et al. 2006) [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Cypriote part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (IHO Sea Area) : Potential for distribution by ships hull fouling. May have been carried with the Levantine coastal currents through Suez Canal. [details]Unreviewed
Description Width to 12 cm. Disc flat, with eight short mouth-arms each with four (or six) side-branches supporting many filaments and clubs. Typically brown (due to commensal microalgae within) with paler spots. Usually inverted on bottom but can swim. Habitat: calm waters, down to 30 m. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, to W Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean <282). [details]
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upside-down jellyfishupside down jellyfishsuction cup jellyfishsucker upsidedown jellyfish |
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Saugschirmqualle |
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