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Cassiopea frondosa  (Pallas, 1774)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 51763

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Medusa frondosa Pallas, 1774
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anęmona, 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  
                         SpeciesCassiopea frondosa (Pallas, 1774)  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Cassiopea frondosa   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,...   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28   
  Page(s): xi + 115   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-39-5, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin, Philip R. Pugh, Claudia E. Mills, Walter C. Jaap, Mary N. Arai, Stephen H. D. Haddock, and Dennis M. Opresko   
  Reference for: Cassiopea frondosa   
       
  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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  Reference for: Cassiopea frondosa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Segura-Puertas, Lourdes, Eduardo Suárez-Morales, and Laura Celis   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: A checklist of the Medusae (Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) of Mexico   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 194   
  Page(s): 1-15   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: Online edition ISSN is 1175-5334: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/   
  Reference for: Cassiopea frondosa   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Cairns et al. (2002) Occurrence values: A  
 

 

    


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