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Atolla vanhoeffeni

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Atolla vanhoeffeni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Coronatae
Family: Atollidae
Genus: Atolla
Species:
A. vanhoeffeni
Binomial name
Atolla vanhoeffeni
Russell, 1957

Atolla vanhoeffeni is a species of true jellyfish in the family Atollidae.[1]

Etymology

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The genus name, Atolla, is derived from the word atoll.[2] The specific epithet was given in honor of Ernst Vanhöffen.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2023). World List of Scyphozoa. Atolla vanhoeffeni Russell, 1957. Accessed through World Register of Marine Species on 2023-06-06.
  2. ^ Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 2: 488
  3. ^ Russell, F.S. (1957). On a new species of scyphomedusa, Atolla vanhöffeni n.sp. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 36: 275-279.