''Nausithoe'' is a genus of
jellyfish
Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies or simply jellies, are the #Life cycle, medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animal ...
es belonging to the family
Nausithoidae
Nausithoidae is a family of jellyfish.
Genera
*''Nausithoe''
** '' Nausithoe albatrossi'' (Maas, 1897)
** '' Nausithoe atlantica'' (Broch, 1914)
** '' Nausithoe aurea'' Da Silveira & Morandini, 1997
** '' Nausithoe challengeri'' (Haeckel, 1880)
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The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
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Species
There are 22 species recognized in the genus ''Nausithoe''
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Nausithoe phaeacum''
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Nausithoe albatrossi''
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Nausithoe albida''
*''Nausithoe atlantica''
*''Nausithoe challengeri''
*''Nausithoe clausi''
*''Nausithoe eumedusoides''
*''Nausithoe globifera''
*''Nausithoe hagenbecki''
*''Nausithoe limpida''
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Nausithoe maculata
''Nausithoe aurea'', also known as the ''Nausithoe maculata'', is a species of crown jellyfish found off the southeastern coast of Brazil. The central disc has been measured to be 10.5 mm. ''N. aurea'' is transparent with yellow and brown sp ...
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Nausithoe aurea
''Nausithoe aurea'', also known as the ''Nausithoe maculata'', is a species of crown jellyfish found off the southeastern coast of Brazil. The central disc has been measured to be 10.5 mm. ''N. aurea'' is transparent with yellow and brown sp ...
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*''Nausithoe marginata''
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Nausithoe picta''
*''Nausithoe planulophora''
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Nausithoe punctata
''Nausithoe punctata'' is a species of crown jellyfish
Crown jellyfishes are the six family (biology), families of Scyphozoa, true jellyfish that belong to the Order (biology), order Coronatae.Daly, Brugler, Cartwright, Collins, Dawson, Fautin, ...
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*''Nausithoe racemosa''
*''Nausithoe rubra''
*''Nausithoe simplex''
*''Nausithoe sorbei''
*''Nausithoe thieli''
*''Nausithoe werneri''
Jarms, 1990
References
Scyphozoan genera
Nausithoidae
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