Calvadosia | |
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Calvadosia corbini | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Staurozoa |
Order: | Stauromedusae |
Suborder: | Amyostaurida |
Family: | Kishinouyeidae Uchida, 1929 |
Genus: | Calvadosia James-Clark, 1863 |
Synonyms | |
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Calvadosia is a genus of stalked jellyfish in the order Stauromedusae. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Kishinouyeidae.
The family name is a tribute to Japanese cnidariologist Kamakichi Kishinouye. Mayer used the synonym Kishinouyea as a replacement name of Schizodiscus , for homonymy, as the name was already used to describe a lichen genus. Kishinouyea was also used by Yoshio Ôuchi to describe a praying mantis genus that he quickly renamed Kishinouyeum in 1938, and that could be a junior synonym for Phyllothelys . [1]
The following species are recognized in the genus Calvadosia: [2]
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