Atolla vanhoeffeni
Appearance
Atolla vanhoeffeni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Scyphozoa |
Order: | Coronatae |
Family: | Atollidae |
Genus: | Atolla |
Species: | A. vanhoeffeni
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Binomial name | |
Atolla vanhoeffeni Russell, 1957
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Atolla vanhoeffeni is a species of true jellyfish in the family Atollidae.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name, Atolla, is derived from the word atoll.[2] The specific epithet was given in honor of Ernst Vanhöffen.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.