Lychnorhizidae is a family 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 ...
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Species
The following species are recognized in the family Lychnorhizidae:
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Anomalorhiza''
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Anomalorhiza shawi''
Light, 1921
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Lychnorhiza''
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Lychnorhiza arubae''
Stiasny, 1920
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Lychnorhiza lucerna''
Haeckel, 1880
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Lychnorhiza malayensis''
Stiasny, 1920
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Pseudorhiza''
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Pseudorhiza aurosa''
von Lendenfeld, 1882
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Pseudorhiza haeckeli
''Pseudorhiza haeckeli'', or Haeckel's jelly, is a species of cnidarian of the family Lychnorhizidae. The species is a carnivore with a mild sting. It is native to temperate and sub-tropical Australian marine waters. It has been observed at dept ...
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Haacke, 1884
Within the Lychnorhizidae family there is the Anomalorhiza shawi species which is located in Kota Kinabalu.
[Chuan, C. H., Venmathi Maran, B. A., Yap, T.-K., Cheong, K. C., Syed Hussein, M. A., Saleh, E., & Tan, S.-H. (2020). First record of Jellyfish Anomalorhiza Shawi Light, 1921 (cnidaria: Scyphozoa) and its associated organisms in Sabah, Malaysia. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 35, 101232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101232 ]
References
Daktyliophorae
Cnidarian families
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