APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland.
Craterolophus
Craterolophus convolvulus (Johnston, 1835)
Stauromedusae (Order) > Amyostaurida (Suborder) > Kishinouyeidae (Family)
Calvadosia syn. Lucernariopsis
Calvadosia campanulata (Lamouroux, 1815)
Calvadosia cruxmelitensis Corbin, 1978
- St. John's stalked jellyfish
Stauromedusae (Order) > Myostaurida (Suborder) > Haliclystidae (Family)
Haliclystus
Haliclystus octoradiatus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Spotted kaleidoscope jellyfish
For more information about stauromedusae that can be found around the UK and Ireland visit Stauromedusae UK.
N.B. A recently publish revision has meant there will be changes in the nomenclature and taxonomy of some UK species. The changes have been adopted here but Stauromedusae UK has not yet been edited.
Ref: Systematics of stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) - Lucılia S. Miranda, Yayoi M. Hirano, Claudia E. Mills, Audrey Falconer, David Fenwick, Antonio C. Marques and Allen G. Collins.
