Cyaneidae

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Drymonema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Medusozoa
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Cyaneidae
Genera

Cyaneidae is a family of true jellyfish. There are about 20 species in this family, including the well-known lion's mane jellyfish.

Species

As traditionally defined, this family also included the genus Drymonema, but it has been moved to a separate family, Drymonematidae.[1]

  • Cyanea
    • 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

References

  1. Keith M. Bayha & Michael N. Dawson (2010). "New family of allomorphic jellyfishes, Drymonematidae (Scyphozoa, Discomedusae), emphasizes evolution in the functional morphology and trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton". The Biological Bulletin 219 (3): 249–267. PMID 21183445. 
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