Chrysaora chinensis

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Chrysaora chinensis
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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, the Indonesian sea nettle or Malaysian 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

  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chrysaora chinensis Vanhöffen, 1888". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  2. 1 2 3 Morandini, André; Marques, Antonio (2010-05-14). Revision of the genus Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa). Vol. 2464.
  3. 1 2 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.