WoRMS taxon details
Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892
287172 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287172)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bigelow, R.P. (1892). On a new species of Cassiopea from Jamaica. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 15: 212-214.
page(s): 212-214 [details]
page(s): 212-214 [details]
Type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287172 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Bigelow, R.P. (1892). On a new species of Cassiopea from Jamaica. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 15: 212-214.
page(s): 212-214 [details]
basis of record F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 212-214 [details]
basis of record F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors 
[request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 504-507 [details]
[request]context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 504-507 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Species is considered a synonym of Cassiopea andromeda from the Red Sea. But some molecular data states a different population from the Caribbean region [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | upside-down jellyfishmangrove upsidedown jellyfishcabbage-head jellyfish | [details] |
| German | Mangrovenqualle | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (70 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cassiopea xamachana)
To GenBank (859 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (38 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077007)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (76 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cassiopea xamachana)
To GenBank (859 nucleotides; 104 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (38 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 077007)
To ITIS
