John McCrady established the genus Turritopsis in 1857.
Sources
- Immortal Jellyfishes, Turritopsis dohrnii (marinebio.org)
- https://www.marinespecies.org/hydrozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117056 (marinespecies.org)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/2266015 (gbif.org)
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=48897 (itis.gov)
- https://zenodo.org/records/10538492 (zenodo.org)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270034201_John_McCrady_of_South_Carolina_pioneer_student_of_North_American_Hydrozoa (researchgate.net)
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