Cnidaria
Limited list; most of the species are probably
luminescent, however with 'unexplained exceptions' (see Haddock &
Case, 1999).
Class Scyphozoa 
Classification
modified according to Franc (1993)
Order Coronatida
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Coronate unidentified species in Haddock & Case, 1999
Family Atollidae
Family Nausithoidae
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Nausithoë atlantica Broch, 1913
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Nausithoë globifera Broch, 1913
Family Paraphyllinidae
Family Periphyllidae
Order Semaeostomida
Family Pelagiidae
Family Aureliidae
Class Hydrozoa
Some luminescent species added from Bouillon
(1993) and systematic revised according to his work.
Sub-Class Athecatae or Anthomedusae
Order Filifera
Family Calycopsidae
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Bythotiara depressa Naumov
Family Pandeidae
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Leuckartiara octona (Fleming, 1823)
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Pandea conica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
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Stomotoca sp. in Herring (1987) and Bouillon (1993b)
Family Bougainvilliidae
Family Rathkeidae
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Rathkea octopunctata (M. Sars, 1835)
Order Capitata
Family Euphysidae
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Euphysa flammea (Linko, 1905)
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Euphysa japonica (Maas, 1909)
Family Corymorphidae
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Euphysora valdiviae Vanhöffen, 1911
Sub-Class Thecatae or Leptomedusae
Order Conica
Family Aequoreidae
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Aequorea aequorea (Forskal, 1775)
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Aequorea forskalea
Péron & Lesueur, 1809
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Aequorea macrodactyla (Brandt)
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Aequorea
victoria (Murbach & Shearer, 1902)
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Aequorea vitrina Gosse, 1853
Family Malagazziidae
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Octophialucium funerarium (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
Family Eirenidae
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Eutonina indicans (Romanes, 1876)
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Tima bairdi (Johnston, 1833)
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Tima saghalinensis Bigelow, 1913
? Family Laodiceidae
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? Laodicea sp. in Herring (1987)
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? Melicertissa sp. in Herring (1987)
Family Lovenellidae
Family Mitrocomidae
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Cosmetira pilosella (Forbes, 1848)
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Halistaura cellularia (Agassiz, 1865)
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Halopsis ocellata A. Agassiz, 1863
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Mitrocoma cellularia (Agassiz, 1865)
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Mitrocomella polydiademata (Romanes, 1876)
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Mitrocomella sp. in Haddock & Case, 1999
Order Proboscoida
Family Campanulariidae
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Clytia (=Phialidium)
hemisphaerica (Linné, 1767)
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Clytia (=Phialidium) gregarium (L. Agassiz, 1862)
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Obelia geniculata
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Obelia lucifera (Forbes, 1848)
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Obelia sp. in Haddock & Case, 1999
Sub-Class Narcomedusae
Family Aeginidae
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Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829
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Aeginura grimaldii Maas, 1904
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Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Family Cuninidae
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Cunina globosa Eschscholtz, 1829
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Solmissus albescens (Gegenbaur, 1856)
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Solmissus incisa (Fewkes, 1886)
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Solmissus marshalli Agassiz & Mayer, 1902
Family Solmarisidae
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Pegantha clara R.P. Bigelow, 1909
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Pegantha laevis H.B. Bigelow, 1909
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Solmaris leucostyla (Will, 1844)
Sub-Class Trachymedusae
Family Geryonidae
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? Geryonia sp. in Herring (1987)
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? Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)
Family Halicreatidae
Halitrephes maasi Bigelow, 1909
Halitrephes valdiviae
Vanhöeffen, 1912
Halicreas minimum Fewkes, 1882
Haliscera conica Vanhöffen, 1902
Halicreidae unidentified species in Haddock & Case, 1999
Family Rhopalonematidae
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Colobonema sericeum
Vanhöffen, 1902
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Crossota alba Bigelow, 1913
Sub-Class Siphonophora Systematic
revised with Carré & Carré (1993); sub-families omitted.
Order Cystonectae
Family Rhizophysidae
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Rhizophysa sp. in Herring (1987)
Sub-Order Physonectae
Family Forskaliidae
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Forskalia sp. in Herring (1987)
Family Apolemidae
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Apolemia sp. in Widder et al., 1989
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Apolemia sp. 1 in Haddock & Case, 1999
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Apolemia sp. 2 in Haddock & Case, 1999
Family Agalmidae
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Agalma okeni Eschsholtz, 1825
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Erenna sp. nov. in Haddock & Case, 1999
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Frillagalma vityazi Daniel, 1966
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Halistemma
amphytridis (Lesueur & Petit, 1807)
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Halistemma sp. in Haddock & Case, 1999
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Halistemma sp. nov. in Haddock & Case, 1999
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Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
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Nanomia cara A. Agassiz, 1865
Family Pyrostephidae
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Bargmannia
sp. in Haddock & Case, 1999
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Bargmannia sp. nov. in Haddock & Case, 1999
Sub-Order Calycophorae
Family Prayidae
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‘Prayidae unidentified species’ in Haddock & Case, 1999
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Craseoa lathetica Pugh & Harbison, 1987
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Amphicaryon acaule Chun, 1888
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Amphicaryon ernesti Totton, 1954
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Maresearsia praeclara Totton, 1954
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Nectadamas diomedeae (Bigelow, 1911)
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Nectopyramis natans (Bigelow, 1911)
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Praya dubia (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
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Rosacea plicata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Family Hippopodiidae
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Hippopodius hippopus (Forskål, 1776)
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Vogtia glabra Bigelow, 1918
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Vogtia serrata (Moser, 1925)
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Vogtia spinosa Keferstein & Ehlers, 1861
Family Diphyidae
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Chelophyes contorta (Lens & Van Riemsdijk, 1908)
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Diphyes dispar Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
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Muggiaea sp. in Haddock & Case, 1999
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Sulculeolaria sp.
Family Clausophyidae
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? Clausophyes ovata (Keferstein & Ehlers, 1860)
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Chuniphyes multidentata Lens & van Riemsdijk, 1908
Family Abylidae
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Abyla pentagona
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Abylopsis tetragona Otto, 1823
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Abylopsis eschscholtzii Huxley, 1859
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Bassia sp. in Herring (1987)
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Ceratocymba sp. in Herring (1987)
LUMINESCENCE - Clarke et al. (1962); Haddock & Case
(1999); Herring (1987, 1990); Lapota et al. (1988); Latz et
al. (1988); Nicol (1958); Russell (1953); Widder (1991); Widder et
al. (1983, 1989). - SYSTEMATIC & BIOLOGY - Alvarino (1971);
Bouillon (1993); Carré & Carré (1993); Kirkpatrick &
Pugh (1984); Kramp (1961); Goy & Thiriot (1976); Mills et al.
(1996); Russel (1953, 1970, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981); Pugh (1975, 1977);
Pugh et al. (1997); Trégoubof & Rose (1957); Totton (1965);
Totton & Fraser (1955). - RELATED LINKS - Keys
to marine invertebrate of the Woods Hole Region; Jellyfish
“My life as a Blob ”; The
Bioluminescent Web Page ; Image
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