Cephea

Cephea is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Cepheidae. They are found in the Indo-Pacific and eastern Atlantic oceans. They are sometimes called the crown jellyfish, but this can cause confusion with the closely related genus Netrostoma or the distantly related species in the order Coronatae. They are also sometimes called the cauliflower jellyfish because of the cauliflower-looking form on top of its bell.

Cephea
Cephea cephea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Cepheidae
Genus: Cephea
Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Species

2 species, see text

Synonyms
  • Diplopilus Agassiz, 1862
  • Perirhiza Kishinouye, 1902
  • Stylorhiza Haeckel, 1880
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