WoRMS taxon details

Cassiopea depressa Haeckel, 1880

220482  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220482)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Scyphozoa (Class)
  6. Discomedusae (Subclass)
  7. Rhizostomeae (Order)
  8. Kolpophorae (Suborder)
  9. Kampylomyaria (Infraorder)
  10. Cassiopeidae (Family)
  11. Cassiopea (Genus)
  12. Cassiopea depressa (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 572-573 [details] 
Type locality contained in East African Coral Coast  
type locality contained in East African Coral Coast [details]
Description mouth-arms with 6-8 short, spreading main branches; clubs minute, to 0.8 mm; no peripheral spots (Richmond, 1997).  
Description mouth-arms with 6-8 short, spreading main branches; clubs minute, to 0.8 mm; no peripheral spots (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Cassiopea depressa Haeckel, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220482 on 2025-05-19
Date
action
by
1998-09-29 09:12:31Z
created
Onyango, Eunice
2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
van der Land, Jacob
2019-12-16 21:15:08Z
changed
Morandini, André C.

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Nomenclature

original description Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 572-573 [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] 

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description mouth-arms with 6-8 short, spreading main branches; clubs minute, to 0.8 mm; no peripheral spots (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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