By Hermes W. Mianzan and Paul F.S. Cornelius
This chapter involves 9 species of Cubomedusae and 30 species of Scyphomedusae, also indicated with their popular name "jellyfish" — although this name has no accurate zoological definition.
Contents
Cu./Sc. 1 Introduction
Cu./Sc. 2 Methods
Cu./Sc. 3 Geographic and vertical distribution
Cu./Sc. 4 Taxonomy
Cu./Sc. 5 Glossary of terms
Cu./Sc. 6 Acknowledgements
Cu./Sc. 7 Suggested reading
Identification
There is no key avialable for the Cubomedusae species. The key to Scyphomedusae starts at Page 327: Scyphomedusae
Species
See the pages for Class Cubozoa and Class Scyphozoa (and following pages) in the Higher Taxa module for respectively cubomedusan and scyphomedusan taxa down to genera. On both pages, a list of South Atlantic species can also be found.
For the species, go to the Species module for Carybdea alata to Atolla vanhoeffeni (Cubomedusae) and Linuche unguiculata to Tetraplatia volitans (Scyphomedusae).