WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Dactylometra quinquecirrha var. chesapeakei Papenfuss, 1936) Papenfuss, E.J. (1936). The utility of the nematocysts in the classification of certain Scyphomedusae 1. Cyanea capillata, Cyanea palmstruchii, Dactylometra quinquecirrha, Dactylometra quinquecirrha var. chesapeakei, and Chrysaora hysoscella. <em>Acta Universitatis Lundensis, Nova Series, 31, 19-26.</em> 31: 19-26. [details]
redescription
Bayha, K. M.; Collins, A. G.; Gaffney, P. M. (2017). Multigene phylogeny of the scyphozoan jellyfish family Pelagiidae reveals that the common U.S. Atlantic sea nettle comprises two distinct species (Chrysaora quinquecirrha and C. chesapeakei). <em>PeerJ.</em> 5: e3863., available online at https://peerj.com/articles/3863/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution US Atlantic estuaries and Gulf of Mexico [details]
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