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Cassiopea  Péron and Lesueur, 1809
Taxonomic Serial No.: 51759

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomRadiata   
       PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
          SubphylumMedusozoa   
             ClassScyphozoa Götte, 1887 – jellyfish, cup animals, jellyfishes, méduses, água viva, Cifozoa, cifozoário, meduza  
                SubclassDiscomedusae   
                   OrderRhizostomeae   
                      FamilyCassiopeidae  – upside-down jellyfish, upsidedown jellyfishes  
                         GenusCassiopea Péron and Lesueur, 1809  
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                            SpeciesCassiopea andromeda (Forskål, 1775)  
                            SpeciesCassiopea depressa Haeckel, 1880  
                            SpeciesCassiopea frondosa (Pallas, 1774)  
                            SpeciesCassiopea medusa Light, 1914  
                            SpeciesCassiopea mertensi Brandt, 1838  
                            SpeciesCassiopea ndrosia Agassiz and Mayer, 1899  
                            SpeciesCassiopea ornata Haeckel, 1880  
                            SpeciesCassiopea picta Vanhöffen, 1888  
                            SpeciesCassiopea vanderhorsti Stiasny, 1922  
                            SpeciesCassiopea xamachana R. P. Bigelow, 1892  
                            SpeciesCassiopea xanthochana R. P. Bigelow, 1892 – jamaican cassiopea 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kramp, P. L.   
  Publication Date: 1961   
  Article/Chapter Title: Synopsis of the medusae of the world   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 40   
  Page(s): 1-469   
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