Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Scyphozoa > Subclass Discomedusae > Order Semaeostomeae > Family Ulmaridae > Subfamily Stygiomedusinae

Stygiomedusa Russell, 1959

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Stygiomedusa gigantea (Browne, 1910)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ダイオウクラゲ属

Literature

original description	Russell, F. S. (1959). A viviparous deep-sea jellyfish. Nature. 184: 1527-1529.
basis of record	Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 111
ecology source	Benfield, M. C.; Graham, W. M. (2010). In situ observations of Stygiomedusa gigantea in the Gulf of Mexico with a review of its global distribution and habitat. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. 90(06): 1079-1093.

Genbank

Citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Stygiomedusa Russell, 1959. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135268