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Blackfordia virginica

Blackfordia virginica

Schwarzmeer-Qualle(+2)·Mayer, 1910

GBIF:157131224

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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GEOGRAPHY

Distribution Map

Occurrence Map

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(45)

Atlantic Ocean
introduced
Black Sea
introduced
Russia
introduced
Caspian Sea
introduced
China
introduced
Caspian Sea
introduced
Argentinian part of the Rio de La Plata(AR)
introduced
Argentinian part of the Rio de La Plata(AR)
introduced
Bulgarian part of the Black Sea(BG)
introduced
Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean(BR)
introduced
Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean(BR)
introduced
Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean(BR)
introduced
Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean(BR)
introduced
Brazilian part of the South Atlantic Ocean(BR)
introduced
Chinese part of the South China Sea(CN)
introduced
Spanish part of the North Atlantic Ocean(ES)
introduced
French part of the Bay of Biscay(FR)
introduced
French part of the Bay of Biscay(FR)
introduced
Indian part of the Arabian Sea(IN)
introduced
Indian part of the Laccadive Sea(IN)
introduced
Indian part of the Bay of Bengal(IN)
introduced
Indian part of the Arabian Sea(IN)
introduced
Indian part of the Laccadive Sea(IN)
introduced
Indian part of the Bay of Bengal(IN)
introduced
Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean(MX)
introduced
Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean(MX)
introduced
Mexican part of the Gulf of Mexico(MX)
introduced
Portuguese part of the North Atlantic Ocean(PT)
introduced
Portuguese part of the North Atlantic Ocean(PT)
introduced
Overlapping claim Ukraine: Ukraine / Russia(UA)
introduced
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the Gulf of Mexico(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean(US)
introduced
United States part of the North Pacific Ocean(US)
introduced
Uruguayan part of the South Atlantic Ocean(UY)
introduced

DATA

Occurrence Datasets

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 3 languages.

deuSchwarzmeer-Qualledeuengblack Sea jellyfishengjpnマメヨドクラゲjpn

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 3 languages.

deuSchwarzmeer-Qualle
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engblack Sea jellyfish
eng
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
jpnマメヨドクラゲ
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (117 nucleotides; 61 proteins)

NCBI:txid47071

UNKNOWN

Occurrences with images

CITATIONS

References(8)

  • 1

    Faasse M., Melchers M. (2014). The exotic jellyfish Blackfordia virginica introduced into the Netherlands (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen.</em> 43: 103-109.

    additional source
  • 2

    Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.

    additional source
  • 3

    Mayer, A. G. 1910. Medusae of the world. Hydromedusae, Vols. I & II. Scyphomedusae, Vol III. Carnegie Institution, Washington. pp. 735, plates 1-76.

    original description
  • 4

    Mills, C.; Rees, J. T. (2000). New observations and corrections concerning the trio of invasive hydromedusae <i>Maeotias marginata (=M. inexpectata), Blackfordia virginica</i>, and <i>Moreisia</i> sp. in the San Francisco Estuary. Scientia Marina. 64: 151-155.

    redescription
  • 5

    Moore, S. J. (1987) Redescription of the leptomedusan Blackfordia virginica, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 67: 287-291

    redescription
  • Source Information

    WRiMS

    WRiMS

    checklist

    The World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS, https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced) records which marine species in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, https://www.marinespecies.org, https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/347) have been introduced deliberately or accidentally by human activities to geographic areas outside their native range. It excludes species that colonized new locations naturally (so called ‘range extensions’), even if in response to climate change. The dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each taxon: the scientific name, higher classification, stable identifiers linking to taxon and scientific name information, taxonomic status, and nomenclatural status, the vernacular names, the region of introduction and associated country, as well as the year of the first introduction (first collection) and/or last assessment/observation in this region, coarse habitat information, and the pathway(s) of introduction and invasion stage. We have released this dataset under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY). If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don’t hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata.

    Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced on 2026-06-01. doi:10.14284/347 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-18.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    157131224
    Dataset Key
    0a2eaf0c-5504-4f48-a47f-c94229029dc8
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2268682
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117313
    Last Crawled
    6/10/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/10/2026