Turritopsis

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Turritopsis Phylum Cnidaria Order Anthomedusae		Family Oceaniidae Higher classification Oceaniidae Rank Genus

Lower classifications Turritopsis nutricula, Immortal jellyfish

Turritopsis is a genus of Anthomedusae jellyfish in the family Oceaniidae.

Turritopsis dohrnii

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 separate 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