Alatinidae

Alatinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Cubozoa
Order:Carybdeida
Family:Alatinidae
Gershwin, 2005[1]
Genera

Alatinidae is a family of box jellyfish within class Cubozoa, containing the following genera and species:

  • Alatina
    • Alatina alata (Reunaud, 1830)
    • Alatina grandis (Agassiz & Mayer, 1902)
    • Alatina madraspatana (Menon, 1930)
    • Alatina mordens Gershwin, 2005 [synonym of A. moseri][2]
    • Alatina moseri (Mayer, 1906)
    • Alatina obeliscus (Haeckel, 1880)
    • Alatina philippina (Haeckel, 1880)
    • Alatina pyramis (Haeckel, 1880)
    • Alatina rainensis Gershwin, 2005
    • Alatina tetraptera (Haeckel, 1880)
    • Alatina turricola (Haeckel, 1880)
  • Manokia
  • Keesingia

References

  1. Allen G. Collins (2010). "Alatinidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  2. Bastian Bentlage; Paulyn Cartwright; Angel A. Yanagihara; Cheryl Lewis; Gemma S. Richards; Allen G. Collins (2010). "Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 277 (1680): 493–501. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1707. hdl:10088/16117. PMC 2842657. PMID 19923131.


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