Alatinidae
| Alatinidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Cubozoa |
| Order: | Carybdeida |
| Family: | Alatinidae Gershwin, 2005[1] |
| Genera | |
Alatinidae is a family of box jellyfish within class Cubozoa, containing the following genera and species:
- Alatina
- Alatina alata (Reunaud, 1830)
- Alatina grandis (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902)
- Alatina madraspatana (Menon, 1930)
- Alatina mordens Gershwin, 2005 [synonym of A. moseri][2]
- Alatina moseri (Mayer, 1906)
- Alatina obeliscus (Haeckel, 1880)
- Alatina philippina (Haeckel, 1880)
- Alatina pyramis (Haeckel, 1880)
- Alatina rainensis Gershwin, 2005
- Alatina tetraptera (Haeckel, 1880)
- Alatina turricola (Haeckel, 1880)
- Manokia
- Manokia stiasnyi (Bigelow, 1938)
- Keesingia
- Keesingia gigas (Gershwin, 2014)
References
- ↑ Allen G. Collins (2010). "Alatinidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ↑ Bastian Bentlage, Paulyn Cartwright, Angel A. Yanagihara, Cheryl Lewis, Gemma S. Richards & Allen G. Collins (2010). "Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1680): 493–501. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1707. PMC 2842657. PMID 19923131. hdl:10088/16117.
External links
- Alatinidae at the Encyclopedia of Life
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