Cephea

Cephea
Cephea cephea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Scyphozoa
Order:Rhizostomeae
Family:Cepheidae
Genus:Cephea
Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Species

2 species, see text

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

Species

A Cephea jellyfish at Mactan, Cebu, Philippines

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

  • Cephea cephea
  • Cephea coerulea

Invalid names

References

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


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