Genus Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
- Cassiopea Péron, F. & Lesueur, C.A. 1810. Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 14: 325–366 [356].
Type species:
Medusa andromeda Forsskål, 1775 (=Cassiopea andromeda (Forsskål, 1775)) by subsequent designation, see Mayer, A.G. 1910. Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, The Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution 735 pp., 76 pls. [reprinted by A. Asher & Co., 1977] [636].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Cassiopeidae with eight pinnately or irregularly branched mouth-arms with ventral mouth-openings only and large or small vesicles; ring canal absent or faintly indicated; usually with 14 rhopaliar and about 16 (or more) inter-rhopaliar canals
Diagnosis References
Kramp, P.L. 1961. Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469 [348]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | MEDUSOZOA Petersen, 1979 | 22-Jan-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Lisa Gershwin |
| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |