Nausithoe hagenbeckii

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Nausithoe hagenbeckii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Coronatae
Family: Nausithoidae
Genus: Nausithoe
Species:
N. hagenbeckii
Binomial name
Nausithoe hagenbeckii
Jarms, 2001

Nausithoe hagenbeckii is a species of crown jellyfish in the family Nausithoidae. [1] [2] Medusa of the species are estimated to be ~5 millimeters in diameter. [2] Despite being a marine jellyfish, this species has yet to be found in the wild: the type specimen was collected from a tropical aquarium at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany. [3]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nausithoe hagenbecki Jarms, 2001". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  2. 1 2 "Nausithoe hagenbecki Jarms 2001 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
  3. Molinari, C. G., Collins, A. G., & Morandini, A. C. (2023). A morphological review of the jellyfish genus Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853 (Nausithoideae, Coronatae, Scyphozoa, Cnidaria). Zootaxa, 5336(1), 1-32.