Cyaneidae

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

Cyaneidae
Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Cyaneidae
L. Agassiz, 1862
Genera

Species

The following species are recognized within the family Cyaneidae. Formerly, this family also included the genus Drymonema.[1]

  • Genus Cyanea Péron & Lesueur, 1810
    • Cyanea annaskala von Lendenfeld,1884
    • Cyanea buitendijki Stiasny, 1919
    • Cyanea capillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Cyanea citrae (Kishinouye, 1910)
    • Cyanea ferruginea Eschscholtz, 1929
    • Cyanea lamarckii Péron & Lesueur, 1809
    • Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye, 1891
    • Cyanea postelsi Brandt, 1838
    • Cyanea purpurea Kishinouye, 1910
    • Cyanea rosea Quoy & Gaimard 1824
  • Genus Desmonema L. Agassiz, 1862
    • 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. doi:10.1086/BBLv219n3p249. PMID 21183445.


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