Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Scyphozoa > Subclass Coronamedusae > Order Coronatae > Family Atollidae > Genus Atolla

Atolla vanhoeffeni Russell, 1957

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Atolla*	Haeckel, 1880	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: バツカムリクラゲ

Literature

original description	Russell, F.S. (1957). On a new species of scyphomedusa, Atolla vanhöffeni n.sp. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 36: 275-279.
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
additional source	Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. :59-101.
additional source	Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Pre
ecology source	Lindsay, D.J., Furushima, Y., Miyake, H., Kitamura, M. and Hunt, J.C. 2004. The scyphomedusan fauna of the Japan Trench: preliminary results from a remotely-operated vehicle. Hydrobiologia 530/531: 537-547.

Genbank

Citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Atolla vanhoeffeni Russell, 1957. 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:135281