Thimble jellyfish

Thimble jellyfish
1-10. Linuche unguiculata
11. Linuche aquila (top centre)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Coronatae
Family: Linuchidae
Genus: Linuche
Species:
L. unguiculata
Binomial name
Linuche unguiculata
(Schwartz, 1788)
Synonyms

Linuche draco (Haeckel, 1880)[1]

The thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata) is a species of cnidarian found in the warm West Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean.[2][3] It is a tiny jellyfish with a straight-sided, flat-topped bell. This jellyfish is the most common cause of seabather's eruption, a reaction caused by the injection of juvenile jellyfish nematocysts into human skin.[4]

  1. ^ Schuchert, Peter (2018). "Linuche unguiculata (Schwartz, 1788)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. ^ Calder, D. 2009. Cubozoan and Scyphozoan jellyfishes of the Carolinian biogeographic province, southeastern USA. Toronto, ON, Canada: Royal Ontario Museum. Royal Ontario Museum.
  3. ^ Fautin, D. 2004. Coelenterate Biology 2003: Trends in Research on Cnidaria and Ctenophora. The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  4. ^ Mayer, A. 1910. Medusae of the World; Volume III: The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C.: The Carnegie Institution of Washington.