WoRMS taxon details
Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Dactylometra Agassiz, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Kuragea Kishinouye, 1902 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora achlyos Martin, Gershwin, Burnett, Cargo & Bloom, 1997
- Species Chrysaora africana (Vanhöffen, 1902)
- Species Chrysaora agulhensis Ras, Neethling, Engelbrecht, Morandini, Bayha, Skrypzeck & Gibbons, 2020
- Species Chrysaora chesapeakei (Papenfuss, 1936)
- Species Chrysaora chinensis Vanhöffen, 1888
- Species Chrysaora colorata (Russell, 1964)
- Species Chrysaora fulgida (Reynaud, 1830)
- Species Chrysaora fuscescens Brandt, 1835
- Species Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829
- Species Chrysaora melanaster Brandt, 1835
- Species Chrysaora pacifica (Goette, 1886)
- Species Chrysaora pentastoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810
- Species Chrysaora plocamia (Lesson, 1830)
- Species Chrysaora pseudoocellata Mutlu, Çağatay, Olguner & Yilmaz, 2020
- Species Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor, 1848)
- Species Chrysaora aspilonota Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora blossevillii Lesson, 1830 accepted as Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829 (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora cyclonota Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora depressa (Kishinouye, 1902) accepted as Chrysaora pacifica (Goette, 1886) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora gaudichaudi Lesson, 1830 accepted as Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson, 1830) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora helvola Brandt, 1838 accepted as Chrysaora fuscescens Brandt, 1835 (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora Lesueur Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora mediterranea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Chrysaora scoresbyanna Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 accepted as Desmonema scoresbyanna Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 (Name only exists due to database propogation, not from taxonomic literature)
- Species Chrysaora southcotti Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 accepted as Chrysaora pentastoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810 (junior synonym)
- Species Chrysaora caliparea (Reynaud, 1830) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Chrysaora isosceles Eschscholtz (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Chrysaora kynthia Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Insufficient description - Morandini & Marques (2010))
- Species Chrysaora wurlerra Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008 (uncertain > nomen dubium, Insufficient description - Morandini & Marques (2010))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 364 [details]
page(s): 364 [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Chrysaora Péron & Lesueur, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135261 on 2024-04-20
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original description
Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Dactylometra Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 125-126 [details]
original description (of Kuragea Kishinouye, 1902) Kishinouye, K. (1902). Some new scyphomedusae of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University.</em> 17: 1-17.
page(s): 9-10, Pl. I fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 364 [details]
original description (of Dactylometra Agassiz, 1862) Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16068829
page(s): 125-126 [details]
original description (of Kuragea Kishinouye, 1902) Kishinouye, K. (1902). Some new scyphomedusae of Japan. <em>Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo Imperial University.</em> 17: 1-17.
page(s): 9-10, Pl. I fig. 7 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors
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