Stauromedusae

• Order Stauromedusae: Haeckel 1879

Claudia Mills, with Yayoi Hirano, is compiling a list of valid species names with synonyms, images, and some explanatory text that is available at Staurolist. For additional background information on the Stauromedusae see also Stauromedusae Info. The list below is incomplete, being based largely on Kramp (1961).

• Characteristics of the Order (from Kramp 1961)

Scyphozoa developing directly from the scyphistoma, consisting of a calyx and a more or less distinct aboral peduncle attached to substratum by an adhesive disk; typically with adradial marginal lobes (arms) carrying hollow, terminally knobbed tentacles.

Stauromedusae Species

From Kramp (1961) and Mianzan & Cornelius (1999). Collections: M = morphology, D = DNA. Type = *

Key:

Family (2)

• Genus (14)
  • Species (33)

Eleutherocarpidae

• Haliclystus (Clark 1863)
  • antarcticus (Pfeffer 1889)
  • auricula (Rathke 1806; China)* 
  • borealis (Uchida 1933)
  • kerguelensis (Vanhöffen 1908)
  • salpinx (Clark 1863)
  • sanjuanensis (?? - see C.E. Mills page)
  • steinegeri (Kishinouye 1899)
• Lucernaria (O.F. Müller 1776)
  • australis (Vanhöffen 1908)
  • bathyphila (Haeckel 1880)
  • haeckeli (Antipa 1892)
  • infundibulum (Haeckel 1880)
  • quadricornis (O.F. Müller 1776)*
  • saint-hilarei (Radicorzew)
  • walteri (Antipa 1892)
• Stenoscyphus (Kishinouye 1902)
  • inabai (Kishinouye 1893)*
• Kishinouyea (Mayer 1910)
  • nagatensis (Oka 1897)*
• Lucernariopsis (Uchida 1929)
  • campanulata (Lamouroux 1815)*
  • vanhoeffeni (Browne 1910)
  • sp. (Panikkar 1944)
• Sasakiella (Okubo 1917)
  • cruciformis (Okubo 1917)*
  • tsingtaoensis (Ling 1937)
• Lipkea (Vogt 1886)
  • ruspoliana (Vogt 1886)*
  • stephensoni (Carlgren 1933)
  • sturdzi (Antipa 1893)

Cleistocarpidae

• Brochiella (Krumbach 1925)
  

  Craterolophus convolvulus (Johnston 1835) *
  • hexaradiata (Broch 1907) * 
• Craterolophus (Clark 1863) 
  • convolvulus (pictured, Johnston 1835) *
    
  • macrocystis (von Lendenfeld 1884)
• Depastromorpha (Carlgren 1935) 
  • africana (Carlgren 1935; South Africa)*
• Depastrum (Gosse 1858) 
  • cyathiforme (M. Sars 1846) *
• Halimocyathus (Clark 1863)
  • lagena (O.F. Müller 1776)
  • platypus (Clark 1863)*
• Manania (Clark 1863)
  • auricularia(Fabricius 1780)
• Thaumatoscyphus (Kishinouye 1910)
  • distinctus (Kishinouye 1910)*