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Pelagia discoidea Eschscholtz, 1829

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1–190, 116 pls. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=35914

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Scyphozoa
order
Semaeostomeae
family
Pelagiidae
genus
Pelagia
species
Pelagia discoidea

Name

Homonyms
Pelagia discoidea Eschscholtz, 1829
Common names
Orange Stinger in English
Água-viva-melado in Portuguese

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschscholtz, F. (1829). System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Ferdinand Dümmler, Berlin, pp. 1-190, 116 pls.
  2. 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.
  3. Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
  4. Kramp, P. L., 1961: Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 40. 1-469.
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