WoRMS taxon details
Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892
287172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287172)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bigelow, R.P. (1892). On a new species of Cassiopea from Jamaica. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 15: 212-214.
page(s): 212-214 [details]
page(s): 212-214 [details]
Type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287172 on 2024-04-19
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Bigelow, R.P. (1892). On a new species of Cassiopea from Jamaica. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 15: 212-214.
page(s): 212-214 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 504-507 [details]
page(s): 212-214 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
[request] context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 504-507 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Species is considered a synonym of Cassiopea andromeda from the Red Sea. But some molecular data states a different population from the Caribbean region [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | upside-down jellyfishmangrove upsidedown jellyfishcabbage-head jellyfish | [details] |
| German | Mangrovenqualle | [details] |
