Cephea is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Cepheidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic oceans. They are sometimes called the crown jellyfish, but this can cause confusion with the closely related genus Netrostoma or the distantly related species in the order Coronatae. They are also sometimes called the cauliflower jellyfish[4] because of the cauliflower-looking form on top of its bell.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Family: | Cepheidae |
| Genus: | Cephea Péron & Lesueur, 1810 |
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2 species, see text | |
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Description
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Habitat
editFound in tropical, pelagic oceanic regions from the Eastern Central Atlantic to Indo-Western Pacific
Lifestyle
editLives in a marine environment
Relationships
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Impacts
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Species
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According to the World Register of Marine Species, this genus includes the following species:[5]
Invalid names
edit- Cephea diplopilus (unassessed)
- Cephea fusca (unassessed)
References
edit- ^ Agassiz, Louis (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Boston: Little Brown. pp. 157–158. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
- ^ WoRMS (2023). Perirhiza Kishinouye, 1902. Accessed 2023-05-29.
- ^ WoRMS (2023). Stylorhiza Haeckel, 1880. Accessed 2023-05-29.
- ^ Seaunseen (2014-09-02). "Crowned Jellyfish Facts and Photographs". Seaunseen. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cephea Péron & Lesueur, 1810". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
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