Copula sivickisi

This article is about a monotypic genus of box jellyfish. For other uses, see Copula (disambiguation).

Copula sivickisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Cubozoa
Order: Carybdeida
Family: Tripedaliidae
Genus: Copula
Bentlage, Cartwright, Yanagihara, Lewis, Richards & Collins, 2010[2]
Species:
C. sivickisi
Binomial name
Copula sivickisi
(Stiasny, 1926)[1]
Synonyms
  • Carybdea sivickisi Stiasny, 1926

Copula is a monotypic genus of box jellyfish in the family Tripedaliidae of the phylum Cnidaria. The only species in the genus is Copula sivickisi, a very small gelatinous, bell-shaped jellyfish with four tentacles that is active only at night. It is unusual among box jellyfish in having a mating ritual and internal fertilization. Its scientific name honours the Lithuanian zoologist Pranciškus Baltrus Šivickis.[3]

  1. ^ Collins, Allen G. (2013). "Copula sivickisi (Stiasny, 1926)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
  2. ^ Collins, Allen G. (2010). Collins AG, Jarms G (eds.). "Copula Bentlage, Cartwright, Yanagihara, Lewis, Richards & Collins, 2010". World list of Cubozoa. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  3. ^ "Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names: S". Archived from the original on 2006-01-29. Retrieved 2014-03-22.