Cyanea (jellyfish)

Cyanea (jellyfish)
Cyanea
Lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capilata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Medusozoa
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Cyaneidae
Genus: Cyanea
Péron and Lesueur, 1809
Species

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Cyanea is a cosmopolitan genus of stinging jellyfish, primarily found in northern waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The same genus name has been given to a genus of plants of the Hawaiian lobelioids, an example of a parahomonym (same name, different kingdom).[1]

Species

The taxonomy of Cyanea species is not fully agreed upon. Some zoologists have suggested that all species within the genus should be treated as one. However, in the North Sea at least, the lion's mane jellyfish and the blue jellyfish appear as distinct species.[2] Cyanea may be a species complex of recently diverged species.

  • Cyanea annasethe Haeckel 1880
  • Cyanea annaskala von Lendenfeld,1884
  • Cyanea buitendijki Stiasny, 1919
  • Cyanea capillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cyanea citrae (Kishinouye, 1910)
  • Cyanea ferruginea Eschscholtz, 1929
  • Cyanea fulva Agassiz, 1862
  • Cyanea lamarckii Péron & Lesueur, 1809
  • Cyanea mjobergi Stiasny 1921
  • Cyanea muellerianthe Haacke, 1887
  • Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye, 1891
  • Cyanea postelsi Brandt, 1838
  • Cyanea purpurea Kishinouye, 1910
  • Cyanea rosea Quoy & Gaimard 1824

References

  1. ^ "Cyanea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=51669. 
  2. ^ 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, no 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, p 508

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