Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Haarkwal;gele Haarkwal
Common Names in English:
Lion's Mane, Lion's Mane Jellyfish, Lion’s Mane, LionÂ’s Mane, Lion’s Mane
Description
Physical Description
Species Cyanea capillata
Bell up to 2 m in diameter in high-latitudes; southern specimens usually closer to 50 cm. Bell has a thick center and a thinner margin . Margin divided into 8 thick lobes , with 8 clusters of up to 150 tentacles arranged in several rows , arising from horseshoe shaped regions between the lobes; with 8 rhopalia. Oral arms short and highly folded, forming a blocky mass only about as long as the bell is wide. Color deep brick red to purplish, yellowish-brown in small specimens. The swimming medusa looks like an 8 pointed star at the end of its power stroke.
Habitat
In temperate waters . Pelagic . Semi-cosmopolitan; coastal
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -23 meters (-75 feet).Standard Deviation = 392.650 based on 254 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biology
Behavior
Probably lives less than one year, commonly seen in summer. Has an unpleasant sting that lasts about 4-5 hours.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
()
- Leuckart, 1847
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Hatschek, 1888
- Cnidarians
- Subphylum:
Medusozoa
()
- Petersen, 1979
- Class:
Scyphozoa
()
- Jellyfish
- Subclass:
Scyphomedusae
()
- Lankaster, 1877
- Order:
Semaeostomeae
()
- Order:
Semaeostomeae
(
- Subclass:
Scyphomedusae
(
- Class:
Scyphozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Medusozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cyanea annaskala von Lendenfeld,1884
- Cyanea capillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cyanea capillata Linnaeus 1758
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Cornelius F.S. and van der Land J., 2000-2006
Similar Species
May be confused with Phacellophora camtschatica but is much darker in color and has only 8 rhopalia instead of 16.
Members of the genus Cyanea
There are approximately 26 species in this genus:
C. angustifolia var. lanauensis · C. annasethe · C. annaskala · C. arctica · C. buitendijki · C. capillata (Lion's Mane) · C. capillata arctica · C. capillata fulva · C. carlsonii carlsonii · C. citrae · C. citrea · C. ferruginea · C. fulva · C. gibsonii gibsonii · C. lamarcki · C. lamarckii · C. mariana macrostegia · C. megacarpa pilosa · C. mjobergi · C. mjoebergi · C. muellerianthe · C. nozaki · C. nozakii · C. postelsi · C. purpurea · C. rosea
Bibliography
- Kozloff, Eugene N., 1987. Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, Seattle, WA. 511 pp. ISBN 0-295-96530-4
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 2, 2006.
- Cornelius, F.S. and Van der Land, J. (from UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms).
- Dave Cowles
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: MICROBIS database (CoML)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: The SERTC Invertebrate Database: Invertebrates of the southeastern United States
- International Census of Marine Microbes: MICROBIS database
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility: Nivå Bay species list, Sjælland, Denmark
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Countryside Council for Wales - Pembrokeshire Marine Species Atlas
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Marine Conservation Society - Seasearch Marine Surveys
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2567367
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-1522
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14582743
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 51671
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 153343
