Taxonomy Profile: Cassiopea (Péron and Lesueur 1809)

Cassiopea: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
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Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Cassiopea: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Radiata
Phylum : Cnidaria
cnidarians |
coelenterates |
água viva |
anêmona |
caravela |
cnidario |
coral |
hidra |
cnidaires |
coelentérés |
Subphylum : Medusozoa
Class : Scyphozoa
cup animals |
jellyfishes |
água viva |
Cifozoa |
cifozoário |
meduza |
méduses |
jellyfish |
Subclass : Discomedusae
Order : Rhizostomeae
Family : Cassiopeidae
upsidedown jellyfishes |
upside-down jellyfish |
Genus : Cassiopea
Cassiopea Direct Children(s):
Cassiopea andromeda
(Forskål 1775)
Cassiopea depressa
(Haeckel 1880)
Cassiopea frondosa
(Pallas 1774)
Cassiopea medusa
(Light 1914)
Cassiopea mertensi
(Brandt 1838)
Cassiopea ndrosia
(Agassiz and Mayer 1899)
Cassiopea ornata
(Haeckel 1880)
Cassiopea picta
(Vanhöffen 1888)
Cassiopea vanderhorsti
(Stiasny 1922)
Cassiopea xanthochana
(R P Bigelow 1892)
Cassiopea xamachana
(R P Bigelow 1892)
Cassiopea: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Cassiopea
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Kramp, P. L.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1961-11-01 / 1961-11-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Synopsis of the medusae of the world
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 40
Page(s):
1-469
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ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Cassiopea
Cassiopea: Geographic Information
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Cassiopea: Comments