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Stygiomedusa gigantea (Browne, 1910) 
AphiaID: 135311

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Semaeostomeae (Order) > Ulmaridae (Family) > Stygiomedusinae (Subfamily) > Stygiomedusa (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Stygiomedusa Russell, 1959
Parent Stygiomedusa Russell, 1959
Synonymised
taxa		  Stygiomedusa fabulosa Russell, 1959 (synonym)
 Stygiomedusa stauchi Repelin, 1967 (synonym)
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]

from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Southern Ocean [details]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: deep sea, near bottom [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135311
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Cornelius, Paul
  
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  Citation: Cornelius, P. (2013). Stygiomedusa gigantea (Browne, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135311 on 2013-05-21
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