Cassiopea xamachana
| Cassiopea xamachana | |
|---|---|
| Upside-down jellyfish | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Family: | Cassiopeidae |
| Genus: | Cassiopea |
| Species: | C. xamachana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow, 1892 | |
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Cassiopea xamachana, commonly known as the upside-down jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cassiopeidae. It is found in warm parts of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. It was first described by the American marine biologist Henry Bryant Bigelow in 1892.