Cyaneidae
| Cyaneidae | |
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| Lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Medusozoa |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Semaeostomeae |
| Family: | Cyaneidae |
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The Cyaneidae are a family of true jellyfish. About 20 species are in this family, including the well-known lion's-mane jellyfish.
Species
As traditionally defined, this family also included the genus Drymonema, but it has been moved to a separate family, the Drymonematidae.[1]
- Cyanea
- Cyanea annasethe Haeckel 1880
- Cyanea annaskala von Lendenfeld,1884
- Cyanea buitendijki Stiasny, 1919
- Cyanea capillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cyanea citrae (Kishinouye, 1910)
- Cyanea ferruginea Eschscholtz, 1929
- Cyanea fulva Agassiz, 1862
- Cyanea lamarckii Péron & Lesueur, 1809
- Cyanea mjobergi Stiasny 1921
- Cyanea muellerianthe Haacke, 1887
- Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye, 1891
- Cyanea postelsi Brandt, 1838
- Cyanea purpurea Kishinouye, 1910
- Cyanea rosea Quoy & Gaimard 1824
- Desmonema
- Desmonema chierchianum Vanhöffen 1888
- Desmonema comatum Larson 1986
- Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson 1832)
- Desmonema glaciale Larson 1986
- Desmonema scoresbyanna Gershwin & Zeidler 2008
References
- ↑ Keith M. Bayha & Michael N. Dawson (2010). "New family of allomorphic jellyfishes, Drymonematidae (Scyphozoa, Discomedusae), emphasizes evolution in the functional morphology and trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton". The Biological Bulletin. 219 (3): 249–267. PMID 21183445.
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