Turritopsis Genus of hydrozoans
Turritopsis Oceaniidae .
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species [ 2]
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.[ 3] 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 )[ 4] Turritopsis pacifica Maas, 1909 Turritopsis pleurostoma (Péron & Lesueur , 1809) – species inquirenda Turritopsis polycirrha (Keferstein , 1862) Turritopsis rubra Farquhar, 1895
