Turritopsis nutricula

Turritopsis nutricula

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Hydrozoa
Subclassis: Hydroidolina
Ordo: Anthoathecata
Subordo: Filifera
Familia: Oceaniidae
Genus: Turritopsis
Species: Turritopsis nutricula

Name

Turritopsis nutricula McCrady, 1857: 55

References

Primary references

• McCrady, J. 1857. Description of Oceania (Turritopsis) nutricula nov. spec. and the embryological history of a singular medusan larva, found in the cavity of its bell. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History of Charleston, South-Carolina.. 1 : 55-90. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• S. Piraino, F. Boero, B. Aeschbach, V. Schmid, 1996. Reversing the life cycle: medusae transforming into polyps and cell transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in Biological Bulletin, 190(3), pp. 302–312. DOI:10.2307/1543022