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Catostylus Agassiz, 1862

medusa drawing by Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
medusa drawing by Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

135254 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135254)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Scyphozoa (Class)
  6. Discomedusae (Subclass)
  7. Rhizostomeae (Order)
  8. Dactyliophorae (Suborder)
  9. Catostylidae (Family)
  10. Catostylus (Genus)
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  1. Species Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  2. Species Catostylus perezi Ranson, 1945
  3. Species Catostylus viridiscens (Chun) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, misspelling propagated via online catalogs )
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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): 152 [details] 
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Catostylus Agassiz, 1862. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135254 on 2026-08-08
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Catostylus Agassiz, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135254 on 2026-08-08
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Cornelius, Paul
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
2016-07-09 11:49:12Z
checked
Collins, Allen G.
2019-12-28 21:36:46Z
changed
Morandini, André C.

original description 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): 152 [details] 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 570 [details] 
 
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