Nausithoe (cnidarian)

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Nausithoe
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Nausithoe aurea
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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]


References

  1. 1 2 "Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 Cornelius, Paul; Gerard, James; Moradini, Morandini, André C. (14 December 2019). "Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  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.