Tiaropsidium mediterraneum (Metschnikoff, 1886)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Tiaropsis mediterranea Metschnikoff, 1886
T. vilaevelebiti is possibly a heterotypic synonym of T. mediterraneum (Schuchert et al., 2025)
Conservation Status
Missing (Gravili et al., 2015)
Last record: 1914 (Hadzi, 1916)
Distribution & Habitat
Mediterranean
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Metschnikoff, E. (1886). Medusologische Mittheilungen. Arbeiten des zoologischen Instituts der Universität Wien 6: 237-266, pls 22-23.
Other references:
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
Hadzi J. (1916). Rezultati biolokih istraivanja Jadranskoga mora. Hidroidi I. Camella vilae-velebiti g. n., sp. n. Croatella g. n. Prirodoslovna istraživanja 7: 23-81.
Kramp, P. L. (1959). The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
Schuchert, P., Choong, H., Galea, H., Hoeksema, B., Lindsay, D., Manko, M. and Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Tiaropsidium mediterraneum (Metschnikoff, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117759 on 2025-05-25
van der Land, J., Vervoort, W., Cairns, S. D. and Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M. J. et al. (eds.). (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.