Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Ctenophora > Class Tentaculata > Order Cydippida > Family Cydippidae

Pleurobrachia Fleming, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cydippe*	Eschscholtz, 1829	synonym

Children

Pleurobrachia bachei A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, 1860
Pleurobrachia pileus (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Pleurobrachia rhodopis Chun, 1879

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cat's eyes; sea gooseberries sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Meeresstachelbeeren; Seestachelbeeren sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: テマリクラゲ属

Literature

original description	Fleming, J. (1822). The philosophy of zoology: or a general view of the structure, functions and classification of animals. Edinburgh Vol. 2: 1-618.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Ctenophora. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 122-123.
additional source	Mills, C. E. (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. [Internet].
additional source	Liley, R. (1958). Ctenophora. Replaced by sheet no. 146. Fiches d'identification du zooplancton, 82. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Mills, C.E. Internet (1998-present). Phylum Ctenophora: list of all valid species names. Electronic internet document. Pleurobrachia Fleming, 1822. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106346