Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Leptothecata > Family Aequoreidae

Aequorea Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Aequorea conica Browne, 1905
Aequorea forskalea Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Aequorea macrodactyla (Brandt, 1835)
Aequorea pensilis (Haeckel, 1879)
Aequorea vitrina Gosse, 1853

Literature

original description	Péron, F., & Lesueur, C. A. 1810b. Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris 14: 325-366.
basis of record	van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, 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. 112-120
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.

Genbank

External Links

GenBank (23 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Aequorea Péron & Lesueur, 1810. In: Schuchert, P. (2014) World Hydrozoa database. 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:116998