Cyaneidae
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| Cyaneidae | |
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| Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Semaeostomeae |
| Family: | Cyaneidae L. Agassiz, 1862 |
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The Cyaneidae are a family of true jellyfish. About 20 species are in this family, including the well-known lion's-mane jellyfish.
Species[]
The following species are recognized within the family Cyaneidae. Formerly, this family also included the genus Drymonema.[1] The Cyaneidae species do not possess any internal organs, ganglia, or any other nerve cells. They do, however, possess gap junctions between neurons which allow for complex reactive behavior and swimming actions.[2][page needed]
- Genus Cyanea Péron & Lesueur, 1810
- Cyanea annaskala von Lendenfeld, 1884
- Stiasny, 1919
- Cyanea capillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- (Kishinouye, 1910)
- Eschscholtz, 1929
- Cyanea lamarckii Péron & Lesueur, 1809
- Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye, 1891
- Brandt, 1838
- Kishinouye, 1910
- Quoy & Gaimard 1824
- Genus Desmonema L. Agassiz, 1862
- Vanhöffen 1888
- Larson 1986
- (Lesson 1832)
- Larson 1986
- Gershwin & Zeidler 2008
References[]
- ^ Keith M. Bayha & Michael N. Dawson (2010). "New family of allomorphic jellyfishes, Drymonematidae (Scyphozoa, Discomedusae), emphasizes evolution in the functional morphology and trophic ecology of gelatinous zooplankton". The Biological Bulletin. 219 (3): 249–267. doi:10.1086/BBLv219n3p249. PMID 21183445.
- ^ Hand, Cadet H. (2000). Cnidarian. Berkeley: University of California Press.
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