RAS taxon details
Stygiomedusa gigantea (Browne, 1910)
135311 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135311)
accepted
Species
Stygiomedusa stauchi Repelin, 1967 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Browne, E. T. 1910. Coelenterata V. Medusae. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904. Natural History 5: 1-62 , pls 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17270042
page(s): 56-57 [details]
page(s): 56-57 [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Stygiomedusa gigantea (Browne, 1910). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135311 on 2025-09-12
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Stygiomedusa gigantea (Browne, 1910). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135311 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Stygiomedusa stauchi Repelin, 1967) Repelin, R. (1967). Stygiomedusa stauchi n.sp. Scyphoméduse géante des profondeurs. <em>Cahiers Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mér, Série Océanographie.</em> 5: 23-28.
page(s): 24-27 [details]
original description (of ) Browne, E. T. 1910. Coelenterata V. Medusae. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904. Natural History 5: 1-62 , pls 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17270042
page(s): 56-57 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 422-425 [details]
additional source Moore, D. M.; Flink, A. E.; Prendergast, E.; Gilbert, A. (2023). Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea. <em>Polar Research.</em> 42., available online at https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/8873/15289 [details]
new combination reference Larson R.J. 1986. Pelagic Scyphomedusae (Scyphoza: Coronatae and Semeaostomae) of the Southern Ocean. In Kornicker L.S. (ed) Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XVI. Antarctic Research Series 41, 59-165.
page(s): 115, 119; note: moved to genus Stygiomedusa as Stygiomedusa gigantea [details]
page(s): 24-27 [details]
original description (of ) Browne, E. T. 1910. Coelenterata V. Medusae. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904. Natural History 5: 1-62 , pls 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17270042
page(s): 56-57 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 422-425 [details]
additional source Moore, D. M.; Flink, A. E.; Prendergast, E.; Gilbert, A. (2023). Personal submersibles offer novel ecological research access to Antarctic waters: an example, with observations of the rarely encountered scyphozoan Stygiomedusa gigantea. <em>Polar Research.</em> 42., available online at https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/8873/15289 [details]
new combination reference Larson R.J. 1986. Pelagic Scyphomedusae (Scyphoza: Coronatae and Semeaostomae) of the Southern Ocean. In Kornicker L.S. (ed) Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XVI. Antarctic Research Series 41, 59-165.
page(s): 115, 119; note: moved to genus Stygiomedusa as Stygiomedusa gigantea [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Stygiomedusa stauchi Repelin, 1967)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stygiomedusa gigantea)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Stygiomedusa stauchi Repelin, 1967)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Stygiomedusa gigantea)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Stygiomedusa stauchi Repelin, 1967)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
