WoRMS taxon details
Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810
117034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117034)
accepted
Genus
Laomedea (Obelia) Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (accepted as full genus)
Monopyxis Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
Monosklera von Lendenfeld, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Obelaria Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Obelia (Obeletta) Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Obelia (Obelissa) Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Obelia (Obelomma) Haeckel, 1879 · unaccepted (synonym)
Obeliopsis Le Danois, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym)
Schizocladium Allman, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sertularia (Monopyxis) Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875
- Species Obelia castellata Clarke, 1894
- Species Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Obelia diversa (Fraser, 1948)
- Species Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Obelia hyalina Clarke, 1879
- Species Obelia irregularis Fraser, 1943
- Species Obelia longissima (Pallas, 1766)
- Species Obelia oxydentata Stechow, 1914
- Species Obelia pseudodichotoma (Vervoort, 1959)
- Species Obelia spinulosa (Bale, 1888)
- Species Obelia spongicola Watson, 2011
- Species Obelia striata Clarke, 1907
- Species Obelia tenuis Fraser, 1938
- Subgenus Obelia (Obeletta) Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
- Subgenus Obelia (Obelissa) Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
- Subgenus Obelia (Obelomma) Haeckel, 1879 accepted as Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (synonym)
- Species Obelia Adelungi Hartlaub, 1884 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia alternata Fraser, 1938 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia andersoni Hincks, 1887 accepted as Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (synonym)
- Species Obelia arruensis Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia articulata (Agassiz, 1865) accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Obelia attenuata Hargitt, 1924 accepted as Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (synonym)
- Species Obelia australis von Lendenfeld, 1885 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia bicuspidata Clark, 1875 accepted as Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (synonym)
- Species Obelia bifurcata Hincks, 1887 accepted as Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (synonym)
- Species Obelia biscuspidata Clark, 1875 accepted as Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, syonym)
- Species Obelia biserialis Fraser, 1948 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia borealis Nutting, 1901 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia braziliensis (Meyen, 1834) accepted as Campanularia brasiliensis Meyen, 1834 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
- Species Obelia cheloniae (Allman, 1888) accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia chinensis Marktanner-Turneretscher, 1890 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia commissuralis McCrady, 1859 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia congdoni Hargitt, 1909 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia corona Torrey, 1904 accepted as Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (synonym)
- Species Obelia coughtreyi Bale, 1924 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia delicatula Thornely, 1900 accepted as Clytia delicatula (Thornely, 1900) (basionym)
- Species Obelia diaphana (L. Agassiz, 1862) accepted as Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Obelia dubia Nutting, 1901 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia equilateralis Fraser, 1938 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia everta Hargitt, 1927 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia exigua (M. Sars, 1857) accepted as Laomedea exigua M. Sars, 1857 (unaccepted combination)
- Species Obelia flabellata (Hincks, 1866) accepted as Obelia longissima (Pallas, 1766) (synonym)
- Species Obelia fragilis Calkins, 1899 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia gelatinosa (Pallas, 1766) accepted as Hartlaubella gelatinosa (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted combination)
- Species Obelia gracilis Calkins, 1899 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Obelia griffini Calkins, 1899 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia gymnopthalma Spagnoli, 1871 accepted as Obelia geniculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia helgolandica Hartlaub, 1884 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia linearis Thornely, 1900 accepted as Clytia linearis (Thorneley, 1900) (basionym)
- Species Obelia longa Stechow, 1921 accepted as Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (synonym)
- Species Obelia longicyatha Allman, 1877 accepted as Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (possible synonym)
- Species Obelia loveni (Allman, 1859) accepted as Gonothyraea loveni (Allman, 1859)
- Species Obelia marginata Allman, 1877 accepted as Thyroscyphus marginatus (Allman, 1877) (basionym)
- Species Obelia multidentata Fraser, 1914 accepted as Obelia bidentata Clark, 1875 (synonym)
- Species Obelia nigrocaulus Hilgendorf, 1898 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia nodosa Bale, 1924 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia obtusidens (Jäderholm, 1904) accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia paulensis (Vanhöffen, 1910) accepted as Clytia paulensis (Vanhöffen, 1910) (synonym)
- Species Obelia plicata Hincks, 1868 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia pygmaea Coughtrey, 1876 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia racemosa Fraser, 1941 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym, species inquirenda)
- Species Obelia rhunicola Billard, 1901 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia sinuosa Leloup, 1935 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia solowetzkiana Schydlwsky, 1902 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia surcularis Calkins, 1899 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia thornelyi Nutting, 1927 accepted as Clytia thornelyi (Nutting, 1927) (basionym)
- Species Obelia undotheca Stechow, 1923 accepted as Obelia dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Obelia austrogeorgiae Jäderholm, 1905 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Obelia fimbriata (Dalyell, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Obelia lucifera (Forbes, 1848) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Obelia multicia Browne, 1902 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Obelia multicilia Browne, 1902 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Obelia plana (M. Sars, 1835) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Obelia pyriformis (Agassiz, 1865) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, terrestrial
Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 355 [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Obelia Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117034 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
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. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Monopyxis Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Sertularia (Monopyxis) Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Obelia (Obelomma) Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 176 [details]
original description (of Obelia (Obeletta) Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 173 [details]
original description (of Obelia (Obelissa) Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Obelaria Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 173 [details]
original description (of Monosklera von Lendenfeld, 1885) von Lendenfeld, R. (1885b). Addenda to the the Australian Hydromedusae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 908-924, 984-985, pls 40-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25527732
page(s): 910 [details]
original description (of Obeliopsis Le Danois, 1913) Le Danois, E. (1913). Note sur trois nouvelles méduses et liste des Coelentérés du plankton recueillis à bord du "Pourquoi-pas?" dans la croisière dans les mers du Nord. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 19: 110-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5051873
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Schizocladium Allman, 1871) Allman, G.J. (1871b). On a mode of reproduction by spontaneous fission in the Hydroida. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new series. 11: 18-21, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14702567
page(s): 18 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 355 [details]
original description (of Monopyxis Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Sertularia (Monopyxis) Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 297 [details]
original description (of Obelia (Obelomma) Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 176 [details]
original description (of Obelia (Obeletta) Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 173 [details]
original description (of Obelia (Obelissa) Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 175 [details]
original description (of Obelaria Haeckel, 1879) Haeckel, E. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605578
page(s): 173 [details]
original description (of Monosklera von Lendenfeld, 1885) von Lendenfeld, R. (1885b). Addenda to the the Australian Hydromedusae. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9: 908-924, 984-985, pls 40-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25527732
page(s): 910 [details]
original description (of Obeliopsis Le Danois, 1913) Le Danois, E. (1913). Note sur trois nouvelles méduses et liste des Coelentérés du plankton recueillis à bord du "Pourquoi-pas?" dans la croisière dans les mers du Nord. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 19: 110-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5051873
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Schizocladium Allman, 1871) Allman, G.J. (1871b). On a mode of reproduction by spontaneous fission in the Hydroida. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, new series. 11: 18-21, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14702567
page(s): 18 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
page(s): 284 [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Bouillon, J.; Boero, F. (2000). Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species. <i>Thalassia Salent. 24</i>: 47-296 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Amaral, F. D.; Ramos, C. A. C.; Leão, Z. M. A. N.; Kikuchi, R. K. P.; Lima, K. K. M.; Longo, L.; Cordeiro, R. T. S.; Lira, S. M. A.; Vasconcelos, S. L. (2009). Checklist and morphometry of benthic cnidarians from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 50, 277-290
page(s): 284 [details]
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