Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa > Subclass Discomedusae > Order Semaeostomeae > Family Cyaneidae > Genus Cyanea

Cyanea lamarckii Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyanea*	Péron & Lesueur, 1810	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: blauwe haarkwal sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: blue jellyfish; lion's mane jellyfish sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

English-United States: Blue Jellyfish sources: Charles Hussey

French: cyanée; cyanée bleue sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

German: blaue Haarqualle; blaue Nesselqualle sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Swedish: blå brännmanet

Literature

original description	Péron, F. and Lesueur, C. A. 1810a. Histoire générale et particulière de tous les animaux qui composent la famille des méduses. - Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris 14: 218-228.
basis of record	Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, 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. 111
additional source	F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Zintzen, V. (2007). Biodiversity of shipwrecks from the Southern Bight of the North Sea. PhD Thesis, University of Louvain, Department of Biology, 343 p.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Cyanea lamarckii Péron & Lesueur, 1810. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135302