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Turritopsis

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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

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