Cassiopea frondosa
Super Group:
Eukaryota
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Scyphozoa
Order:
Rhizostomeae
Family:
Cassiopeidae
Genus:
Cassiopea
Species:
frondosa
Diagnosis
Pallas, 1774 : 120-160 mm wide, no concavity at center of exumbrella; always 12 rhopalia ; 60 short, nearly straight-edged marginal lappets ; mouth-arms 3/4 the length of bell radius ; scattered uniformly between the mouths are 30-40 small, leaf-shaped vesciles.
Original description
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SYMBIONTS
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Association with... | Region origin | Name of site | In reference... |
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Symbiodinium sp. | Virgin Island | St Croix | (1991) |
Symbiodinium cariborum |
INVESTIGATING THE BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY, AND PHYLOGENY OF ENDOSYMBIOTIC DINOFLAGELLATES IN THE GENUS SYMBIODINIUM USING THE ITS REGION: IN SEARCH OF A "SPECIES" LEVEL MARKER. Journal of Phycology 37:866 - 880. doi: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.01031.x (2001) |