Turritopsis

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:

• Turritopsis chevalense (Thorneley, 1904) – species inquirenda
• Turritopsis dohrnii (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.
• Turritopsis fascicularis Fraser, 1943
• Turritopsis lata Lendenfeld, 1884
• Turritopsis minor (Nutting, 1905)
• Turritopsis nutricula McCrady, 1857 (several species, including the "immortal jellyfish", were formerly classified as T. nutricula)
• Turritopsis pacifica Maas, 1909
• Turritopsis pleurostoma (Péron & Lesueur, 1809) – species inquirenda
• Turritopsis polycirrha (Keferstein, 1862)
• Turritopsis rubra Farquhar, 1895

External links

• . National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• . The Encyclopedia of Life.