Product Description
Special Publication 22 The purpose of this list is to provide a checklist of species and to recommend selected common names for North American Cnidaria and Ctenophora, thereby achieving uniformity and avoiding confusion in the nomenclature of their common names. In addition to stabilizing common name nomenclature, we hope that this list will heighten public awareness of the diversity and wide distribution of cnidarians in North America, help to identify taxonomic groups in need of systematic revision, and serve as a preliminary guide to the literature required for the identification of species. Lists more than 1,300 taxa of jellyfishes, hydroids, corals, anemones, and comb jellies, and sets the standard for vernacular names of the more widely known species. This book includes: index for 1300 taxa of jellyfishes, hydroids, corals, anemones, and comb jellies, extensive references and an extensive bibliography.
