Netrostoma

Netrostoma
Netrostoma setouchiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Rhizostomeae
Family:	Cepheidae
Genus:	Netrostoma Schultze, 1898
Species
4 species, see text
Synonyms
MicrostylusKishinouye, 1902

Netrostoma is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Cepheidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific. They are sometimes called crown jellyfish, but this can cause confusion with the closely related genus Cephea or the distantly related species in the order Coronatae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species , this genus includes the following species: ^[1]

• Netrostoma coerulescens
• Netrostoma dumokuroa
• Netrostoma nuda
• Netrostoma setouchianum

References

1. "Netrostoma". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 3 August 2012.