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Cyanea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 
AphiaID: 135259

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Cyaneidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Cyaneidae
Sources  original description: Péron, F. & C.A. Lesueur, 1810. Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annls Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 14 : 325-366. [details]

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: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Gershwin, L. (2009). Staurozoa, Cubozoa, Scyphozoa (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

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 Species Cyanea annaskala von Lendenfeld, 1884
Species Cyanea buitendijki Stiasny, 1919
Species Cyanea capillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyanea citrae (Kishinouye, 1910)
Species Cyanea ferruginea Eschscholtz, 1929
Species Cyanea lamarckii Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Species Cyanea nozaki Kishinouye
Species Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye, 1891
Species Cyanea postelsi Brandt, 1838
Species Cyanea purpurea Kishinouye, 1910
Species Cyanea rosea Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Species Cyanea coccinea Davis, 1841 accepted as Turritopsis polycirrha (Keferstein, 1862) (species inquirenda, possible synonym)

Species Cyanea annasethe Haeckel, 1880 (nomen dubium)
Species Cyanea fulva Agassiz, 1862 (nomen dubium)
Species Cyanea mjobergi Stiasny, 1921 (nomen dubium)
Species Cyanea muellerianthe Haacke, 1887 (nomen dubium)

Species Cyanea Bougainvillii Lesson, 1830 accepted as Bougainvillia macloviana Lesson, 1830
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Coast [details]
Link To ITIS
Images 
Cyanea sp.
Cyanea sp.
added on 2006-08-09 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Cyanea sp.
Cyanea sp.
added on 2006-08-09 - author: IMARES ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135259
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Cornelius, Paul
2012-10-19 06:41:41Z  changed  Schuchert, Peter
  
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  Citation: Cornelius, P. (2013). Cyanea Péron & Lesueur, 1810. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135259 on 2013-05-19
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