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Scyphozoa Bibliography

 

 

 

Eventually this site will be a searchable database of thousands of references. For now it is just a list of the most important references for scyphozoan identification and further study (in my opinion).

 

Arai, M. N. (1997). A Functional Biology of Scyphozoa. London, Chapman & Hall.

Calder, D. R., H. N. Cones, and E.B. Joseph. (1971). Bibliography on the Scyphozoa, with selected references on Hydrozoa and Anthozoa, V.I.M.S. Special Scientific Report no. 59.

Collins, A. G. (2002). "Phylogeny of Medusozoa and the evolution of cnidarian life cycles." J. Evol. Biol. 15: 418-432.

Gershwin, L. (1999). "Clonal and population variation in jellyfish symmetry." J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 79: 993-1000.

Gershwin, L. (2001). "Systematics and biogeography of the jellyfish Aurelia labiata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)." Biological Bulletin 201: 104-119.

Gershwin, L. and A. G. Collins (2002). "A preliminary phylogeny of Pelagiidae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa), with new observations of Chrysaora colorata comb. nov." Journal of Natural History 36: 127-148. Supplemental data archived at: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archdata/Gershwin_Collins/.

Gwilliam, G. F. (1956). Studies on western North American Stauromedusae. PhD Thesis. Berkeley, Univ. of California: v + 192.

Haeckel, E. (1880). System der Acraspeden. Zweite Halfte des System der Medusen. Jena, Denkschriften.

Kramp, P. L. (1961). "Synopsis of the medusae of the world." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469.

Kramp, P. L. (1970). "Zoogeographical studies on Rhizostomeae (Scyphozoa)." Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 133: 7-30.

Mayer, A. G. (1910). Medusae of the World. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C., Carnegie Institution.

Russell, F. S. (1970). Medusae of the British Isles. II. Pelagic Scyphozoa with a Supplement to the First Volume on Hydromedusae. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Stiasny, G. (1921). "Studien über rhizostomeen." Capita Zool. 1(2): 1-179, 5 pls.

Stiasny, G. (1923a). "Das gastrovascularsystem als grundlage fur ein neues System der Rhizostomeen." Zool. Anz. Bd. 57(9/13): 241-247.

 

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