Nausithoe (cnidarian)

Nausithoe
Nausithoe aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Coronatae
Family:	Nausithoidae
Genus:	Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853
Synonyms
NauphantaHaeckel, 1880 NausicaaHaeckel, 1880

Nausithoe is a genus of jellyfishes belonging to the family Nausithoidae. ^[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. ^[1]

Species

There are 22 species recognized in the genus Nausithoe ^[2]

• Nausithoe albatrossi (Maas, 1897)
• Nausithoe albida Gegenbaur, 1856
• Nausithoe atlantica Broch 1913
• Nausithoe challengeri (Haeckel, 1880)
• Nausithoe clausi Vanhöffen, 1892
• Nausithoe eumedusoides (Werner, 1974)
• Nausithoe globifera Broch, 1913
• Nausithoe hagenbecki Jarms, 2001
• Nausithoe limpida Hartlaub, 1909
• Nausithoe maculata Jarms, 1990 accepted as Nausithoe aurea Silveira & Morandini, 1997 ^{[3] [2]}
• Nausithoe marginata Kölliker, 1853
• Nausithoe phaeacum Haeckel, 1880
• Nausithoe picta Agassiz & Mayer, 1902
• Nausithoe planulophora Werner, 1971
• Nausithoe punctata Kölliker, 1853
• Nausithoe racemosa (Komai, 1936)
• Nausithoe rubra Vanhöffen, 1902
• Nausithoe simplex (Kirkpatrick, 1890)
• Nausithoe sorbei Jarms, Tiemann & Altuna Prados, 2003
• Nausithoe thieli Jarms, 1990
• Nausithoe werneri Jarms, 1990

References

1. "Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
2. Cornelius, Paul; Gerard, James; Moradini, Morandini, André C. (14 December 2019). "Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
3. Morandini, André C.; Maronna, Maximiliano M.; Molinari, Clarissa G. (4 November 2020). "New record of Nausithoe werneri (Scyphozoa, Coronatae, Nausithoidae) from the Brazilian coast and a new synonymy for Nausithoe maculata". ZooKeys (984): 1–21. Bibcode:2020ZooK..984....1M. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.984.56380 . PMC   7658188 . Retrieved 16 September 2022.