Turritopsis
{{Short description|Genus of hydrozoans}}
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| taxon = Turritopsis
| authority = McCrady, 1857{{ITIS| id = 48897| taxon = Turritopsis| accessdate = 16 June 2011}}
| synonyms = * Clavula Wright, 1859
- Dendroclava Weismann, 1883
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Turritopsis is a genus of hydrozoans in the family Oceaniidae.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, this genus includes the following species:{{WoRMS |id=117056 |title=Turritopsis |accessdate=5 August 2012}}
- Turritopsis chevalense {{small|(Thorneley, 1904)}} – species inquirenda
- Turritopsis dohrnii {{small|(Weismann, 1883)}} also known as the "Benjamin Button jellyfish", or the "immortal jellyfish". It can reverse its life cycle and transform itself back to a polyp.{{cite news |author=Nathaniel Rich |author-link=Nathaniel Rich (reporter) |title=Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/can-a-jellyfish-unlock-the-secret-of-immortality.html?src=me&ref=general |quote=For this reason Turritopsis dohrnii is often referred to as the Benjamin Button jellyfish. |newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 November 2012 |accessdate=2012-11-28 }}
- Turritopsis fascicularis {{small|Fraser, 1943}}
- Turritopsis lata {{small|Lendenfeld, 1884}}
- Turritopsis minor {{small|(Nutting, 1905)}}
- Turritopsis nutricula {{small|McCrady, 1857}} (several species, including the "immortal jellyfish", were formerly classified as T. nutricula){{cite journal|author1=M. P. Miglietta |author2=S. Piraino |author3=S. Kubota |author4=P. Schuchert |title=Species in the genus Turritopsis (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa): a molecular evaluation|journal=Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research|volume=45|number=1|year=2007|pages=11–19|doi=10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00379.x|doi-access=free}}
- Turritopsis pacifica {{small|Maas, 1909}}
- Turritopsis pleurostoma {{small|(Péron & Lesueur, 1809)}} – species inquirenda
- Turritopsis polycirrha {{small|(Keferstein, 1862)}}
- Turritopsis rubra {{small|Farquhar, 1895}}
References
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- {{NCBI taxid|308578}}
- {{Eol|88401}}
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