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Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. Little Brown, Boston, 4: 1–380, pls 1–19. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=35267

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Scyphozoa
order
Rhizostomeae
family
Catostylidae
genus
Catostylus
species
Catostylus mosaicus

Name

Synonyms
Catostylus mosaicus mosaicus
Catostylus spec Agassiz, 1862
Catostylus wilkesii Agassiz, 1862
Cephea mosaica Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Homonyms
Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Common names
Blue Blubber Jelly in English
Blue Moon Jellyfish in English
Kreuzqualle in German
Kreuzqualle in German
blubber jellyfish in English
blue blubber in English
blue blubber in English
blue blubber jellyfish in English
blue blubber jellyfish in English
jelly blubber in English
jelly blubber in English
kořenoústka korálová in Czech
Água-viva-mosaico in Portuguese
חלקלקה כחולה in Hebrew
ナキツラクラゲ in Japanese
馬賽克水母 (彩色水母) in Chinese
Kreuzqualle in German
blue blubber in English
blue blubber jellyfish in English
jelly blubber in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Agassiz, L. (1862). Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America. <em>Little Brown, Boston.</em> 4: 1-380, pls 1-19.
  2. F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
  3. Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40.
  4. Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
  5. Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
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