Table 1. Geographic source regions of samples used for molecular analyses in this study, identified by taxon (original, morphologically based identification) and molecular ID (identification after molecular analyses).
| Original ID | Final ID | Location | Code | n | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COI | 16S | 28S | ||||
| Chrysaora achlyos | C. achlyos | Monterey Bay Aquarium* | MBA | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chrysaora africana | C. africana | Coastal Namibia | NAM | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Chrysaora chinensis | C. chinensis | Monterey Bay Aquarium^ | MBA | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Chrysaora colorata | C. colorata | Aquarium of the Americas+ | AQA | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chrysaora fulgida | C. fulgida | Coastal Namibia | NAM | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Chrysaora fuscescens | C. fuscescens | Aquarium of the Americas+ | AQA | 1 | 1 | HM194868 |
| Chrysaora hysoscella | C. hysoscella | Cork, Ireland | IRE | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Chrysaora lactea | Chrysaora c.f. chesapeakei | Kingston, Jamaica | JAM | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Chrysaora lactea | C. lactea | Rio de la Plata, Argentina | ARG | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chrysaora melanaster | C. melanaster | Bering Sea | BER | – | 1 | AY920780 |
| Chrysaora melanaster | C. pacifica | Monterey Bay Aquarium | MBA | 1 | 1 | HM194864 |
| Chrysaora plocamia | C. plocamia | Puerto Madryn, Argentina | PMA | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. quinquecirrha | Buzzard’s Bay, MA (USA) | MA | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. quinquecirrha | Cape Henlopen, DE (USA) | CHP | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. quinquecirrha | Offshore South Carolina (USA) (32.60 N, 79.21 W) | OSC | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. chesapeakei | Charlestown Pond, RI (USA) | RI | 4 | 4 | – |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. chesapeakei | Tom’s River Harbor, NJ (USA) | NJ | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. chesapeakei | Rehoboth Bay, DE (USA) | RB | 3 | 3 | – |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. chesapeakei | Norfolk, VA (USA) | NF | 5 | 5 | – |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. chesapeakei | Pamlico Sound, NS (USA) | PAM | 3 | 3 | – |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. chesapeakei | St. Simon’s Island, GA (USA) | GA | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Chrysaora quinquecirrha | C. chesapeakei | Perdido Pass, AL (USA) | AL | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Pelagia noctiluca | P. noctiluca | Offshore Virginia (USA) (37.81 N, 73.91 W) | OVA | 1 | 1 | HM194865 |
| Sanderia malayensis | S. malayensis | Monterey Bay Aquarium | MBA | 1 | 1 | HM194861 |
| Unknown Pelagiidae | M. benovici | Dakar, Senegal | SEN | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Cyanea capillata | C. capillata | Blomsterdalen, Norway | BLO | 1 | 1 | HM194873 |
Notes:
For six individuals, 28S sequences from those individuals were published previously. For S. malayensis, 16S/COI and 28S sequences came from the same culture, but two different individuals. For some aquarium specimens, the geographic source region for the culture is known: *near Los Angeles, CA (USA); ^Northern Malaysia; +near Monterey Bay, CA (USA).