Nausithoe is a genus of jellyfishes belonging to the family Nausithoidae.[1]

Nausithoe
Nausithoe aurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Coronatae
Family: Nausithoidae
Genus: Nausithoe
Kölliker, 1853
Synonyms
  • Nauphanta Haeckel, 1880
  • Nausicaa Haeckel, 1880

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species

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There are 22 species recognized in the genus Nausithoe[2]

  • Nausithoe phaeacum Haeckel, 1880
  • Nausithoe albatrossi (Maas, 1897)
  • Nausithoe albida Gegenbaur, 1856
  • Nausithoe atlantica Broch 1913
  • Nausithoe challengeri (Haeckel, 1880)
  • Nausithoe clausi Vanhöffen, 1892
  • Nausithoe eumedusoides (Werner, 1974)
  • Nausithoe globifera Broch, 1913
  • Nausithoe hagenbecki Jarms, 2001
  • Nausithoe limpida Hartlaub, 1909
  • Nausithoe maculata Jarms, 1990 accepted as Nausithoe aurea Silveira & Morandini, 1997[3][2]
  • Nausithoe marginata Kölliker, 1853
  • Nausithoe picta Agassiz & Mayer, 1902
  • Nausithoe planulophora Werner, 1971
  • Nausithoe punctata Kölliker, 1853
  • Nausithoe racemosa (Komai, 1936)
  • Nausithoe rubra Vanhöffen, 1902
  • Nausithoe simplex Kirkpatrick, 1890)
  • Nausithoe sorbei Jarms, Tiemann & Altuna Prados, 2003
  • Nausithoe thieli Jarms, 1990
  • Nausithoe werneri Jarms, 1990

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cornelius, Paul; Gerard, James; Moradini, Morandini, André C. (14 December 2019). "Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Morandini, André C.; Maronna, Maximiliano M.; Molinari, Clarissa G. (4 November 2020). "New record of Nausithoe werneri (Scyphozoa, Coronatae, Nausithoidae) from the Brazilian coast and a new synonymy for Nausithoe maculata". ZooKeys (984): 1–21. Bibcode:2020ZooK..984....1M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.984.56380. Retrieved 16 September 2022.