''Calvadosia corbini'' is a stalked
jellyfish
Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella- ...
species in the family
Kishinouyeidae
''Calvadosia'' is a genus of stalked jellyfish in the order Stauromedusae. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Kishinouyeidae.
Taxonomy and systematics
The family name is a tribute to Japanese cnidariologist Kamakichi Kishinouye
was ...
from the tropical western Atlantic.
A New Stauromedusa, Kishinouyea Corbini (Scyphozoa, Stauromedusae) from the Tropical Western Atlantic. Larson, Ronald J., Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 30, Number 1, January 1980 , pp. 102-107(6)
/ref> The species is named after Peter Corbin, a marine biologist noted for his extensive work on Atlantic Stauromedusae
Stauromedusae are the stalked jellyfishes. They are the sole living members of the class Staurozoa and belong to the medusozoa subphylum of Cnidaria. They are unique among medusa jellyfish in that they do not have an alternation of polyp and med ...
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References
External links
''Kishinouyea corbini'' on Catalogue Of Life : 2009 Annual Checklist
''Kishinouyea_corbini'' entry on WoRMS
Kishinouyeidae
Animals described in 1980
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