WoRMS taxon details
Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur, 1810
AphiaID: 135253
AphiaID: 135253
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Kolpophorae (Suborder) > Cassiopeidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cassiopeidae Agassiz, 1862 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, 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. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | ||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775) Species Cassiopea depressa Species Cassiopea frondosa (Pallas, 1774) Species Cassiopea medusa Light, 1914 Species Cassiopea mertensi Brandt, 1838 Species Cassiopea ndrosia Agassiz & Mayer, 1899 Species Cassiopea ornata Haeckel, 1880 Species Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892 Species Cassiopea picta Vanhöffen, 1888 (nomen dubium) Species Cassiopea vanderhorsti Stiasny, 1922 accepted as Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135253 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135253 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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