| Aequorea | |
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| Aequorea victoria (the "crystal jelly") with two amphipods | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Leptothecata |
| Family: | Aequoreidae |
| Genus: | Aequorea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 |
Aequorea is a genus of pelagic hydrozoans in the family Aequoreidae. [1]
The genus contains the following species:
The Cyaneidae are a family of true jellyfish. About 20 species are in this family, including the well-known lion's-mane jellyfish.
Chrysaora is a genus of jellyfish, commonly called the sea nettles, in the family Pelagiidae. The origin of the genus name Chrysaora lies in Greek mythology with Chrysaor, brother of Pegasus and son of Poseidon and Medusa. Translated, Chrysaor means "he who has a golden armament."
Aequorea forskalea is a species of hydrozoan in the family Aequoreidae. Discovered in 1810 by Péron and Lesueur, A. forskalea was initially found in coastal to offshore waters of the Mediterranean Sea. This species is commonly referred to as the many-ribbed jellyfish. The species is often mixed up with some other members of the genus due to some similarities including the capability of bioluminescence.
Aequoreidae is a family of hydrozoans, sometimes called the many-ribbed jellies or many-ribbed jellyfish. There are approximately 30 known species found in temperate and tropical marine coastal environments. Aequoreids include Aequorea victoria, the organism from which the green fluorescent protein gene was isolated.
Bougainvillia is a genus of hydroids in the family Bougainvilliidae in the class Hydrazoa. Members of the genus are characterised by having the marginal tentacles of their medusae arranged in four bundles. Some species are solitary and others are colonial but all are filter feeders. They are found in the Southern Ocean, having a circumpolar distribution, but some species also occur in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly travelling there as polyps on the hulls of ships.
Limnomedusae is an order of hydrozoans.
Corynidae is a family of hydrozoans in the order Anthomedusae.
Cephea is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Cepheidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic oceans. They are sometimes called the crown jellyfish, but this can cause confusion with the closely related genus Netrostoma or the distantly related species in the order Coronatae. They are also sometimes called the cauliflower jellyfish because of the cauliflower-looking form on top of its bell.
Ectopleura is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Tubulariidae.
Beroe, commonly known as the cigar comb jellies, is a genus of comb jellies in the family Beroidae. Beroe exhibits bioluminescence.
Filifera is a suborder of hydrozoans in the order Anthoathecata. They are found in marine, brackish and freshwater habitats.
Aglaura is a monotypic genus of deep-sea hydrozoan in the family Rhopalonematidae. It is represented by the species Aglaura hemistoma. It has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical to temperate oceans.
Corymorpha is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Corymorphidae.
Phialella is a genus of hydrozoans. It is the only genus within the monotypic family Phialellidae.
Eirene is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Eirenidae.
Hybocodon is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Tubulariidae.
Lovenella is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Lovenellidae.
Amphinema is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Pandeidae.
Zanclea is a genus of hydrozoans belonging to the family Zancleidae.
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