PELAGID.E. 



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Cyanea Postelsii Br. 



Cynnea Poatehii Br. Mem. Ac. St. IVt., p. 37.i, PI. 12, I.S, 13*. 1838. 

 Cyanea Postilsli Agass. Cont. Nat. Hist. U. S., IV. p. 162. 1862. 

 Cyaneopsis behnnijtiiim Br. Mem. Ac. St. Pet., PI. 11, Fig. 1. 1838. Young? 

 ? Cyanea ferruyinea Escil. Syst. d. Acal., p. 70. 1829. 

 Cyanea Postelsii Less. Zooph. Acal., p. 387. 1843. 



This species is extremely al)un(liint during the Fall, in the Gulf of 

 Georgia and the Straits of Fuca, and rivals in size its re^jresentative on 

 the eastern shores of North America. 



Kamtschatka, Aleutian Islands, and Western Coast of North America 

 (Eschscholtz) ; North Pacific, Norfolk Sound, between Sitka and Una- 

 laschka (Merteus) ; Port Townsend, W. T. (A. Agassiz). 



Family PELAGID^ Geg. 



Pehy)da> Gegenb. Zi'itsdi. 1". ^Yips. Zool., Till. p. 210. 185G. 

 Pelagidce Agass. Cout. Nat. Illst. U. S., IV. pp. 121, 1G3. 1862. 



PELAGIA Per. et Les. 



Pelagia P^r. et Les. Ann. du Mus., XIV. p. 37. 1809. 



Pelagia E.scH. Syst. der Acal., p. 72. 1829. 



Pdayia Less. Zoopli. Acal., p. 388. 1843. 



Pelayia Agass. Cont. Nat. Hist. U. S., IV. p. 163. 1862. 



Diancea Lam. Syst. An. s. Vert., II. p. 507. 



Pelagia cyanella Ter. et Les. 



Pelagia cyanella Per. et Les. Ann. du Mus., XIV. p. 37. 1809. 



Pelayia cyanella Escn. Syst. der Acal., p. 75. 1829. 



Pelagia cyanella Bosc. Hist. Nat. des Vei-s., II. p. 140, PI. 17, Fig. 3. 



Pelagia cyanella Agass. Cont. Nat. Hist. U. S., IV. pp. 128, 164, HI. Pis. 13, 13*, PI. 12. 



Aferlusa pelagia S\v.\RTZ. Konig. Vetensk. Akad. 1788. 



Medusa pelagia LiJFFl.l'SG. Reise, p. 105. ' 



Medusa pelagia LiN. Syst. Nat. 



Pelagia americana VtsR. et Les. Ann. du Mus., XIV. p. 39. 1809. 



Pelagia nocliluca Cham. ; in Choris' Voyage Pittoresque, p. 3. Fig. 08. 



Pelayia denticulata Per. et Les. Ann. du Mus., XIV. p. 38. 



Diana-a cyanella Lamk. An. s. Vertcl)., II. p. 507. 



Diancea denticulata Lamk. An. s. Verteb., II. p. 507. 



This species (Fig. G8) is found along the Florida 

 Reef. In this genus the eggs develop directly into 

 the young Meduste, and the embryos are never at- 

 tached to the ground. 



Caribbean Sea (Swartz, Loilling) ; Coast of Florida, 

 Tortugas (L. Agassiz). 



Fig. 68. Pelagia cyanella Per. ct Les. (copied i'rom Agassiz's Contributions), a, umbrella ; 

 m, actinal appendages ; I, marginal tentacles. 



