Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Siphonophorae > Suborder Calycophorae > Family Prayidae > Subfamily Prayinae > Genus Lilyopsis

Lilyopsis medusa (Metschnikoff, 1870)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LilyopsisChun, 1885accepted genus name

Species group names

Lilyopsis rosea Chun, 1885 synonym
Rosacea medusa (Metschnikoff, 1870) synonym

Literature

additional source

Pugh, P. R. (1999). Siphonophorae. In South Atlantic Zooplankton I. Edited by D. Boltovskoy. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. Pp. 868.

additional source

Carré, C. 1969b. Sur le genre Lilyopsis Chun 1885, avec une redescription de l’èspece Lilyopsis rosea Chun 1885 (Siphonophore, Prayinae) et une description du sa phase calyconula. Cah. Biol. Mar. 10: 71-81

status source

Pugh, P. R. 2009. A review of the family Sphaeronectidae (class Hydrozoa, order Siphonophora), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 2147: 1-48.

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Mapstone, G. (2014). Lilyopsis medusa (Metschnikoff, 1870). In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430685

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2014-01-07 by Peter Schuchert

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