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Cubozoa and Scyphozoa in Colombia (Santa Marta)

Description and Comments

Reported By: Cristina Cedeño-Posso, Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (UJTL)

Six jellyfish genera I was identified in Santa Marta region (2009), belonging to two classes and six families that were distributed as follows: class Cubozoa: with the family Chirodropidae (genus Chiropsalmus) and Alatinidae nov., (genus Alatina nov.); class Scyphozoa with the families Pelagiidae (genus Chrysaora); Cassiopeidae (genus Cassiopea); Lychnorhizidae (genus Lychnorhiza) and Stomolophidae (genus Stomolophus)

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Author

Cristina Cedeño

Type of organism

Jellyfish

Quantity

1

Latitude

11.24

Longitude

-74.22

Comments

Cristina Cedeño Wed, 04/21/2010 - 17:47

Six jellyfish genera I was identified in Santa Marta region (2009), belonging to two classes and six families that were distributed as follows: class Cubozoa: with the family Chirodropidae (genus Chiropsalmus) and Alatinidae nov., (genus Alatina nov.); class Scyphozoa with the families Pelagiidae (genus Chrysaora); Cassiopeidae (genus Cassiopea); Lychnorhizidae (genus Lychnorhiza) and Stomolophidae (genus Stomolophus).