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Pelagia noctiluca  (Forskĺl, 1775)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 51661

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Medusa noctiluca Forskĺl, 1775
  
    Pelagia discoidea Eschscholtz, 1829
  
    Pelagia flaveola Eschscholtz, 1829
  
  Common Name(s): purplestriped jelly
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 -- água viva, anęmona, caravela, cnidaires, cnidarians, cnidario, coelenterates, coelentérés, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumMedusozoa   
          ClassScyphozoa Götte, 1887 -- água viva, Cifozoa, cifozoário, cup animals, jellyfish, jellyfishes, méduses, meduza  
             SubclassDiscomedusae   
                OrderSemaeostomeae   
                   FamilyPelagiidae Gegenbaur, 1856  
                      GenusPelagia Péron and Lesueur, 1809  
                         SpeciesPelagia noctiluca (Forskĺl, 1775) -- purplestriped jelly  
       

 References
       
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  Source: American Fisheries Society, 1991, database (version 1.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: purplestriped jelly   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pelagia noctiluca   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Pelagia noctiluca   
       
  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: Pelagia noctiluca   
       
  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: Pelagia noctiluca   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: East Pacific  
    Western Atlantic Ocean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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

 

    

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