Cunina proboscidea Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871:360
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Gravili et al., 2015)
Last record: 1962 (Bouillon et al., 1995; Gravili et al., 2015)
Distribution
Mediterranean
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Metschnikoff, E.; Metschnikoff, L. (1871). Contributions to the knowledge of siphonophores and medusae [in Russian]. Mémoires de la Société des Amis des Sciences naturelles de Moscou. 8(1): 295-370, pls 1-6.
Other references:
Bouillon, J., Massin, C. and Kresevic, R. (1995). Hydroidomedusae de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. In: Van Ghoethem, J. (ed.). Inst R Sci Nat Belg 78: 1-106.
Gegenbaur, C. (1857). Versuch eines Systemes der Medusen mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. Z Wiss Zool 8: 202-273.
Gravili, C., Bevilacqua, S., Terlizzi, A. and Boero, F. (2015). Missing species among Mediterranean non-Siphonophoran Hydrozoa. Biodiversity and Conservation 24: 1329-1357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0859-y
Haeckel, Ernst. (1879). Das System der Medusen. Erster Teil einer Monographie der Medusen. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 1: XX+1-360, 320 plates.
Kramp, P. L. (1959). The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
Mayer, A. G. (1910). Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol. 3, CarnegieInstitution, Washington, p. 735.
Ranson, G. (1936). Méduses provenant des Campagnes du Prince Albert I de Monaco. Rés Camp ScientPrince Albert I Monaco 92: 1-245.
Schuchert, P., Choong, H., Galea, H., Hoeksema, B., Lindsay, D., Manko, M. and Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Cunina proboscidea Metschnikoff & Metschnikoff, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117499 on 2025-05-25
van der Land, J., Vervoort, W., Cairns, S. D. and Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 112-120.