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Cyanea lamarckii |
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Scientific name: It is uncertain what the family name Cyanea
really means. Possibly it is derived from Cyane, a Sicilian nymf, in
Greek mythology who resisted Hades when he kidnapped Kore. Another possibility
is that it is derived from Cyanee, the daughter of the river Meander.
The Latin word cyaneus means dark-blue. Lamarckii originates from the
biologist Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, better known as chevalier
de Lamarck, who lived in France 1744-1828. |