Scyphozoa nematocysts

Distribution of nematocyst-types by species


Scyphozoa nematocysts
medusa (M)isorhizaseuryteles
OrderFamily (and alternative)Genusspecies (and variety)planula (Pl)atrichousholotrichousmicrobasicSource
(class)Subfamilypolyp (Po)AI, AIlg, AIsmHIMiE (unspecified)
ephyra (E)*6*10
CoronataeAtollidaeAtollawyvilleiHIMiERussell, '70
CoronataeAtollidaeAtollavanhoeffeniHIMiERussell, '70
CoronataeAtollidaeAtollaparvaHIMiERussell, '70
CoronataeNausithoidaeNausithoeatlanticaHIMiERussell, '70
CoronataeNausithoidaeNausithoeglobiferaHIMiERussell, '70
CoronataeParaphyllinidaeParaphyllinaransoniHIMiERussell, '70
CoronataePeriphyllidaePeriphyllaperiphyllaHIMiERussell, '70
RhizostomeaeRhizostomatidaeCassiopeaandromedaMAIMiEKlug et al., '88
RhizostomeaeRhizostomatidaeRhizostomaoctopusMAIMiERussell, '70
RhizostomeaeRhizostomatidaeStomolophusmeleagrisMiEHessinger, '88
SemaeostomeaeCyaneidaeCyaneaannaskalaMRussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeCyaneidaeCyaneacapillataMAIlg, AIsmHIMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeCyaneidaeCyaneacapillataPoAIsmMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeCyaneidaeCyanealamarckii (medusa)MAIlg, AIsmHIMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeCyaneidae =Cyaneapalmstruchii (polyp)MAIlg, AIsmHIMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeCyaneidaeCyanealamarckii (medusa)PoAIlg, AIsmMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeCyaneidae +Cyaneapalmstruchii (polyp)PoAIlg, AIsmMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeCyaneidaeDesmonemaRussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeCyaneidaeDrymonemaRussell, '70
SemaeostomeaePelagiidaeChrysaorahysoscellaMAIsmMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaePelagiidaeChrysaorahysoscellaPlAIsmMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaePelagiidaeChrysaorahysoscellaPoAIsmHIMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaePelagiidaeChrysaorahysoscellaEAIlg, AIsm + AIintHIMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaePelagiidaeChrysaoraquinequecirrha (sea nettle)MAIHIMiEHessinger, '88; Klug et al., '88
SemaeostomeaePelagiidaeDactylometraquinequecirrhaMAIlg, AIsm + AIintHIMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaePelagiidaePelagianoctilucaMAIlg, AIsm + AIintHIMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaePelagiidaeSanderiaRussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeUlmaridaeAureliinaeAureliaauritaMAIMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeUlmaridaeAureliinaeAureliaauritaM young = EAI (exc gast fil)MiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeUlmaridaeAureliinaeAureliaauritaPoAIMiERussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeUlmaridaeAureliinaeAurelialimbataRussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeUlmaridaeAureliinaePoraliarufescensRussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeUlmaridaeSthenoniinaeStygiomedusasA-tuchiRussell, '70
SemaeostomeaeUlmaridaeStygiomedusinaeDiscomedusalobataRussell, '70
Ulmarinae
TetraplatiavoliA-tnsRussell, '70
TetraplatiachuniRussell, '70


Last Updated: Sept. 15, 1995

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