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 by David Fenwick.
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 auricula James-Clark, 1863
- Kaleidoscope jellyfish
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 has been changes in the nomenclature and taxonomy of some UK species. 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.
