Rosacea (cnidarian)

Rosacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Siphonophorae
Family:	Prayidae
Subfamily:	Prayinae
Genus:	Rosacea ; Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Type species
	Rosacea plicata ; Bigelow, 1911 (by subsequent designation)
Species
	Rosacea arabiana Pugh [ species ], 2002; Rosacea cymbiformis (Delle Chiaje, 1830); Rosacea flaccida Biggs, Pugh & Carré, 1978; Rosacea limbata Pugh & Youngbluth, 1988; Rosacea plicata Bigelow, 1911; Rosacea repanda Pugh & Youngbluth, 1988;
Synonyms
	Eudoxella Haeckel, 1888; Neorosacea Margulis, 1994;

Last updated August 08, 2025

Rosacea is a genus in the Prayidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species.^[5]

References

↑ Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pl. 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 page: 176
1 2 Schuchert, P. (2019). World Hydrozoa Database. Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135379 on 2019-10-15
↑ Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-77/README.htm page(s): 108
↑ Margulis, R. Ya. 1994. Revision of the genus Rosacea (Cnidaria, Siphonophora, Calycophorae, Prayidae, Prayinae). Zool. Zh. 73 (11): 15-28. (English translation in Hydrobiological Journal 31 (7): 33-50, 1995). page(s): 24, pl.3a-l
↑ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.

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[1] Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pl. 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 page: 176

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 Schuchert, P. (2019). World Hydrozoa Database. Rosacea Quoy & Gaimard, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135379 on 2019-10-15

[3] Haeckel, E. (1888). Report on the Siphonophorae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 28 (part 77): i-viii, 1-380, pl. 1-50., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-77/README.htm page(s): 108

[4] Margulis, R. Ya. 1994. Revision of the genus Rosacea (Cnidaria, Siphonophora, Calycophorae, Prayidae, Prayinae). Zool. Zh. 73 (11): 15-28. (English translation in Hydrobiological Journal 31 (7): 33-50, 1995). page(s): 24, pl.3a-l

[5] Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.

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