(ofMedusa noctiluca Forsskål, 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 page(s): 109 [details]
Distribution Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135305 on 2025-07-19
original description(ofMedusa noctiluca Forsskål, 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 page(s): 109 [details]
original description(ofPelagia neglecta Vanhöffen, 1888)Vanhöffen, E. (1888). Untersuchungen über semäostome und rhizostome Medusen. <em>Bibliotheca Zoologica.</em> 1: 1-52. page(s): 9-10 [details]
original description(ofPelagia purpuroviolacea Stiasny, 1914)Stiasny, G. (1914). Zwei neue Pelagiden aus der Adria. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 44: 529-533. page(s): 529-531 [details]
original description(ofPelagia rosacea Stiasny, 1914)Stiasny, G. (1914). Zwei neue Pelagiden aus der Adria. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 44: 529-533. page(s): 531-532 [details]
original description(ofMedusa perla Slabber, 1769)Slabber, M. (1769). Natuurkundige verlustigingen, behelzende microscopise waarnemingen van in - en uitlandse water - en land-dieren. Eerste stukje. J. Bosch, Haarlem. 166 pp, 18 pls. page(s): 109-110, pl. 13, fig. 2 [details]
basis of recordCornelius, 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]
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additional sourceHaeckel, 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., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982 page(s): 502, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508 [details]
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additional sourceHowson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Syrian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]
Unreviewed
Diet fish and benthic animals [details] Dimensions large medusae (umbrella up to 65 mm wide) [details] Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details] Distribution Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia [details] Habitat oceanic [details] Habitat pelagic [details] Reproduction Develops directly from planula to ephyra [details]