Pelagia (cnidarian)

Pelagia is a genus of jellyfishes in the family Pelagiidae. It is currently considered as monotypic with one species, Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775).[1]

Pelagia
Pelagia noctiluca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Pelagiidae
Genus: Pelagia
Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Species:
P. noctiluca
Binomial name
Pelagia noctiluca
(Forsskål, 1775)

Invalid species names

  • Pelagia colorata Russell, 1964 (now Chrysaora colorata)
  • Pelagia flaveola Eschscholtz, 1829 (nomen dubium)
  • Pelagia panopyra Péron & Lesueur (nomen dubium)
  • Pelagia perla Haeckel, 1880 (synonym of Pelagia noctiluca)
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References

  • R.S.K. Barnes, P. Calow and P.J.W Olive 1993, The Invertebrates (second edition) Blackwell Science


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