Cyaneidae
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Cyaneidae is a family of jellyfish
. There are 14 species in this family. They are most commonly found in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Jellyfish
Jellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria...
. There are 14 species in this family. They are most commonly found in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Species
- CyaneaCyanea (jellyfish)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 .-Species:The taxonomy of Cyanea species is not fully agreed...
- 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
- Desmonema
- Desmonema chierchianum Vanhöffen 1888
- Desmonema comatum Larson 1986
- Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson 1832)
- Desmonema glaciale Larson 1986
- Desmonema scoresbyanna Gershwin & Zeidler 2008