Pelagia (cnidarian)
Pelagia is a genus of jellyfish in the family Pelagiidae. It is currently considered monotypic, consisting of only one species: P. noctiluca (Forsskål, 1775).[1]
| Pelagia | |
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| 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) | |
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
- "Pelagia Péron & Lesueur, 1810". WoRMS. 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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