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]
Nausithoe hagenbeckii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Scyphozoa |
Order: | Coronatae |
Family: | Nausithoidae |
Genus: | Nausithoe |
Species: | N. hagenbeckii
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Binomial name | |
Nausithoe hagenbeckii (Jarms, 2001)
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Synonyms | |
Nausithoe hagenbeckii Jarms, 2001 |
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Nausithoe hagenbecki Jarms, 2001". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ a b "Nausithoe hagenbecki Jarms 2001 - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2024-08-23.
- ^ 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.