Chrysaora chinensis
| Chrysaora chinensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Semaeostomeae |
| Family: | Pelagiidae |
| Genus: | Chrysaora |
| Species: | C. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysaora chinensis (Vanhöffen, 1888) | |
Chrysaora chinensis, or the Indonesian sea nettle, is a species of jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae.[1] It is native to the central Indo-Pacific region and its sting is considered dangerous.[2]
First described by Ernst Vanhöffen in 1888, in 1910 it was considered a variant of C. helvola and in 1954 it was considered a synonym of it, while other authorities have considered it as a synonym of various other Chrysaora species. Although the type specimen of C. chinensis apparently no longer exists, the species of the central Indo-Pacific region is different both from relatives in the northeast Pacific (the region where C. helvola was described) and those found elsewhere.[2][3] As a consequence, recent authorities recognize it as a valid species.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chrysaora chinensis Vanhöffen, 1888". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
- ^ a b c Morandini, André; Marques, Antonio (2010-05-14). Revision of the genus Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa). Vol. 2464.
- ^ a b Gaffney, Patrick M.; Collins, Allen G.; Bayha, Keith M. (2017-10-13). "Multigene phylogeny of the scyphozoan jellyfish family Pelagiidae reveals that the common U.S. Atlantic sea nettle comprises two distinct species (Chrysaora quinquecirrha and C. chesapeakei)". PeerJ. 5: e3863. doi:10.7717/peerj.3863. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5642265. PMID 29043109.
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