genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
true jellyfish
The Scyphozoa are an exclusively marine class of the phylum Cnidaria, referred to as the true jellyfish (or "true jellies").
The class name Scyphozoa comes from the Greek word ''skyphos'' (), denoting a kind of drinking cup and alluding to the ...
belonging to the family
Lychnorhizidae
Lychnorhizidae is a family of Scyphozoa, true jellyfish.
Species
The following species are recognized in the family Lychnorhizidae:
* ''Anomalorhiza''
:*''Anomalorhiza shawi'' Light, 1921
* ''Lychnorhiza''
:*''Lychnorhiza arubae'' Stiasny, 192 ...
. It is
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
, containing the single
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
''Anomalorhiza shawi''.Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2023). World List of Scyphozoa. ''Anomalorhiza shawi'' Light, 1921. Accessed throug World Register of Marine Species on 2023-05-28. It has been found in the
South China Sea
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off the coasts of
Luzon
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and
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
.Ricca PMC, Cheung HCA (2021) Sighting of the rare jellyfish ''Anomalorhiza shawi'' Light, 1921 in a marine protected area of Hong Kong. Check List 17(2): 701-707. doi:10.15560/17.2.701.