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Appendix: Classification of Extant Scyphozoa Appendix: Classification of extant scyphozoa This classification is modified from Dunn (1982), Stepanjants and Sheiko (1989), Franc (1993) and Cornelius (in press). Although there are approximately 200 species of scyphozoa, in this appendix only families and species of scyphozoa mentioned in the text or figures are included. PHYLUM CNIDARIA, CLASS SCYPHOZOA Order Stauromedusae Family Cleistocarpidae Craterolophus convolvulus Gohnston, 1835) Manania atlantica (Berrill, 1962) Manania distincta (Kishinouye, 1899) Manania gwilliami Larson and Fautin, 1989 Family Eleutherocarpidae Haliclystus auricula (Rathke, 1806) H aliclystus octoradiatus (Lamarck, 1816) Haliclystus salpinx Clark, 1863 Haliclystus stejnegeri Kishinouye, 1899 Kishinouyea corbini Larson, 1980 I(yopoda lamberti Larson, 1988 Lucernaria quadricornis O.F.Milller, 1776 Lucernariopsis campanulata (Lamouroux, 1815) Stylocoronella riedli Salvini-Plawen, 1966 Appendix 225 Stylocoronella variabilis Salvini-Plawen, 1987 Order Coronatae Family Atollidae (=Collaspidae) Atalla parva Russell, 1958 Atalla vanhoeffeni Russell, 1957 Atalla wyvillei Haeckel, 1880 Family Linuchidae Linuche unguiculata (Schwartz, 1788) Family Nausithoidae Atarella japonica Kawaguti and Matsuno, 1981 Atarella vanhoeffeni Bigelow, 1909 Nausithoe eumedusoides (Werner, 1971) Nausithoe planulophora (Werner,1971) Nausithoe punctata Kolliker, 1853 Nausithoe racemosa (Komai, 1936) Nausithoe rubra Vanhoffen, 1902 Nausithoe werneri Jarms, 1990 Family Paraphyllinidae Paraphyllina intermedia Maas, 1903 Paraphyllina ransoni Russell, 1956 Family Periphyllidae Periphylla periphylla (Peron and Lesueur, 1810) Order Semaeostomeae Family Cyaneidae Cyanea capillata (Linnaeus, 1758) Cyanea lamarcki Peron and Lesueur, 1810 Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson, 1830) Drymonema dalmatinum Haeckel, 1880 Family Pelagiidae Chrysaora fuscescens Brandt, 1835 Chrysaora hysoscella (Linnaeus, 1766) Chrysaora melanaster Brandt, 1835 Chrysaora plocamia (Lesson, 1830) Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Desor, 1848) Pelagia colorata Russell, 1964 Pelagia noctiluca (Forsk:U, 1775) Sanderia malayensis Goette, 1886 226 Appendix Family Ulmaridae Aurelia aurita (Linnaeus, 1758) Aurelia limbata (Brandt, 1838) Deepstaria enigmatica Russell, 1967 Deepstaria reticulum Larson, Madin and Harbison, 1988 Diplulmaris antarctica Maas, 1908 Discomedusa lobata Claus, 1877 Phacellophora camtschatica Brandt, 1838 Poralia rufescens Vanhoffen, 1902 Stygiomedusa gigantea (Browne, 1910) Order Rhizostomeae Family Cassiopeidae Cassiopea andromeda (ForskiH, 1775) Cassiopea frondosa (Pallas, 1774) Cassiopea ornata Haeckel, 1880 Cassiopea xamachana R.P. Bigelow, 1892 Family Catostylidae Catostylus ouwensi Moestafa and McConnaughey, 1966 Acromitus fiagellatus (Maas, 1903) Family Cepheidae Cephea cephea (ForskiH, 1775) Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri, 1778) Family Lobonematidae Lobonema smithi Mayer, 1910 Lobonemoides gracilis Light, 1914 Family Lychnorhizidae Pseudorhiza haeckeli Haacke, 1884 Family Mastigiidae Mastigias albipunctatus Stiasny, 1920 Mastigias papua (Lesson, 1830) Phyllorhiza peronlesueuri Goy, 1990 Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884 Family Rhizostomatidae Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778) Rhopilema esculenta Kishinouye, 1891 Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhoffen, 1888) Rhopilema nomadica Galil, Spanier and Ferguson, 1990 Rhopilema verrilli (Fewkes, 1887) Family Stomolophidae Stomolophus meleagris L. Agassiz, 1862 Stomolophus nomurai (Kishinouye) Appendix 227 Scyphozoa incertae sedis Tetraplatia chuni Carigren, 1909 Tetraplatia volitans Busch, 1851 References Afzelius, B.A. and Franzen, A. 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