Thysanostoma
| Thysanostoma | |
|---|---|
| Thysanostoma loriferum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Family: | Gegenbaur, 1857 |
| Genus: | Agassiz, 1862 |
Thysanostomatidae is a family of true jellyfish from the Indo-Pacific.[1] The first sighting of Thysanostoma loriferum in Hong Kong; extending its known range from the Philippines, the Malay Archipelago, and Hawaii;[2] was from the Hong Kong Jellyfish Citizen Science project and sightings on iNaturalist.[3]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, this family includes one genus, Thysanostoma, with three species:[1]
- Thysanostoma flagellatum (Haeckel, 1880) - Surf Jelly
- Thysanostoma loriferum (Ehrenberg, 1837)- Pelagic Purple Jelly
- Thysanostoma thysanura Haeckel, - Mosaic Jelly 1880
References
- ^ a b "Thysanostomatidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ "BioStor-Lite". biostor.org. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
- ^ Terenzini, John; Falkenberg, Laura J. (2022-08-04). "First records of the jellyfishes Thysanostoma loriferum (Ehrenberg, 1837) and Netrostoma setouchianum (Kishinouye, 1902) in Hong Kong waters". Check List. 18 (2): 357–362. doi:10.15560/18.2.357. ISSN 1809-127X.
External links
- Media related to Thysanostoma at Wikimedia Commons