WoRMS taxon details
Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775)
AphiaID: 135295
AphiaID: 135295
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Kolpophorae (Suborder) > Cassiopeidae (Family) > Cassiopea (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 | ||||||||||
| 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] basis of record: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Red Sea [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 38 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Width to 12 cm. Disc flat, with eight short mouth-arms each with four (or six) side-branches supporting many filaments and clubs. Typically brown (due to commensal microalgae within) with paler spots. Usually inverted on bottom but can swim. Habitat: calm waters, down to 30 m. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, to W Pacific Ocean and Mediterranean <282). [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135295 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cornelius, P. (2013). Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135295 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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