Calvadosia is a genus of stalked jellyfish in the order Stauromedusae. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Kishinouyeidae.
Taxonomy and systematics
The family name is a tribute to Japanese cnidariologist Kamakichi Kishinouye. Mayer used the synonym Kishinouyea as a replacement name of Schizodiscus, for homonymy, as the name was already used to describe a lichen genus. Kishinouyea was also used by Yoshio ÃÂuchi to describe a praying mantis genus that he quickly renamed Kishinouyeum in 1938, and that could be a junior synonym for Phyllothelys.
Species
The following species are recognized in the genus Calvadosia:
- Calvadosia campanulata <small>(Lamouroux, 1815)</small>
- Calvadosia capensis <small>(Carlgren, 1938)</small>
- Calvadosia corbini <small>(Larson, 1980)</small>
- Calvadosia cruciformis <small>(Okubo, 1917)</small>
- Calvadosia cruxmelitensis <small>(Corbin, 1978)</small>
- Calvadosia hawaiiensis <small>(Edmondson, 1930)</small>
- Calvadosia lewisi <small>Miranda, Branch, Collins, Hirano, Marques & Griffiths, 2017</small>
- Calvadosia tasmaniensis <small>(Zagal, Hirano, Mills, Edgar & Barrett, 2011)</small>
- Calvadosia tsingtaoensis <small>(Ling, 1937)</small>
- Calvadosia vanhoeffeni <small>(Browne, 1910)</small>
References
- Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Kramp, P. L., 1961, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 40, Page(s): 1-469
- The systematic position of the Stauromedusae. Uchida, Tohru, 1973, Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, vol. 20, Page(s): 133-139