Pelagia noctiluca

Pelagia noctiluca
Pelagia noctiluca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Semaeostomeae 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Scyphozoa
Subclassis: Discomedusae
Ordo: Semaeostomeae

Familia: Pelagiidae
Genus: Pelagia
Species: Pelagia noctiluca

Name

Pelagia noctiluca (Forskål, 1775)

Synonyms

  • Medusa noctiluca Forskål, 1775
  • Pelagia discoidea Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Pelagia flaveola Eschscholtz, 1829

References

Primary references

  • Forskål, P. & Niebuhr, C. 1775. Descriptiones animalium, avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium / quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri. p. 109. BHL

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Leuchtqualle
English: Mauve Stinger
español: Acalefo luminiscente
français: Méduse pélagique
italiano: Medusa luminosa
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