''Cephea'' is a genus of

true jellyfish The Scyphozoa are an exclusively marine class of the phylum Cnidaria, referred to as the true jellyfish (or "true jellies"). The class name Scyphozoa comes from the Greek word ''skyphos'' (), denoting a kind of drinking cup and alluding to the ...

in the family

Cepheidae Cepheidae may refer to: * Cepheidae (jellyfish) Cepheidae is a family of 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 o ...

. They are found in the

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and eastern

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oceans. They are sometimes called the crown jellyfish, but this can cause confusion with the closely related genus ''

Netrostoma ''Netrostoma'' is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Cepheidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific. They are sometimes called crown jellyfish, but this can cause confusion with the closely related genus '' Cephea'' or the distantly related ...

'' or the distantly related species in the order

Coronatae Crown jellyfishes are the six families of true jellyfish that belong to the order Coronatae.Daly, Brugler, Cartwright, Collins, Dawson, Fautin, France, McFadden, Opresko, Rodriguez, Romano & Stake (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylog ...

. They are also sometimes called the cauliflower jellyfish because of the cauliflower-looking form on top of its bell.

Description

Habitat

Found in tropical, pelagic oceanic regions from the Eastern Central Atlantic to Indo-Western Pacific

Lifestyle

Lives in a marine environment

Relationships

Impacts

Species

According to the ''

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'', this genus includes the following species: * ''

Cephea cephea ''Cephea cephea'', also known as the crown jellyfish, or cauliflower jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cepheidae. It occurs in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific to Northern Australia. The species was first described ...

'' * ''

Cephea coerulea ''Cephea'' is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Cepheidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic oceans. They are sometimes called the crown jellyfish, but this can cause confusion with the closely related genus ''Netrosto ...

Invalid names

* ''Cephea octostyla''

References

Cepheidae Scyphozoan genera {{Scyphozoa-stub