Calvadosia is a genus of stalked jellyfish in the order Stauromedusae. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Kishinouyeidae.

Calvadosia
Calvadosia corbini
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Staurozoa
Order: Stauromedusae
Suborder: Amyostaurida
Family: Kishinouyeidae
Uchida, 1929
Genus: Calvadosia
James-Clark, 1863
Synonyms
  • Kishinouyea Mayer, 1910
  • Lucernariopsis Uchida, 1929
  • Sasakiella Okubo, 1917
  • Schizodiscus Kishinouye, 1902

Taxonomy and systematics

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The family name is a tribute to Japanese cnidariologist Kamakichi Kishinouye. Mayer used the synonym Kishinouyea as a replacement name of Schizodiscus, for homonymy, as the name was already used to describe a lichen genus. Kishinouyea was also used by Yoshio Ôuchi to describe a praying mantis genus that he quickly renamed Kishinouyeum in 1938, and that could be a junior synonym for Phyllothelys.[1]

Species

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The following species are recognized in the genus Calvadosia:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Taxonomy and synonymy of Phyllothelys Wood-Mason (Dictyoptera: Mantodea). Reinhard Ehrmann and Roger Roy, Ann. soc. entomol. Fr. (n.s.), 2009, 45 (1) : 67-76
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Calvadosia James-Clark, 1863". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  • Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Kramp, P. L., 1961, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 40, Page(s): 1-469
  • The systematic position of the Stauromedusae. Uchida, Tohru, 1973, Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, vol. 20, Page(s): 133-139