Pelagia (cnidarian)

Pelagia
Pelagia noctiluca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Scyphozoa
Order:Semaeostomeae
Family:Pelagiidae
Genus:Pelagia
Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Species: P. noctiluca
Binomial name
Pelagia noctiluca
(Forsskål, 1775)

Pelagia is a genus of jellyfishes in the family Pelagiidae. It is currently considered as monotypic with one species, Pelagia noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775).[1]

Invalid species names

  • Pelagia colorata Russell, 1964 (now Chrysaora colorata)
  • Pelagia flaveola Eschscholtz, 1829 (nomen dubium)
  • Pelagia panopyra Péron & Lesueur (nomen dubium)
  • Pelagia perla Haeckel, 1880 (synonym of Pelagia noctiluca)

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pelagia Péron & Lesueur, 1810". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  • R.S.K. Barnes, P. Calow and P.J.W Olive 1993, The Invertebrates (second edition) Blackwell Science


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