Rhopilema

Rhopilema is a genus of jellyfish.

Rhopilema
Rhopilema esculenta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Rhizostomatidae
Genus: Rhopilema
Haeckel, 1880
Species

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Species include:[1]

  • Rhopilema asamushi
  • Rhopilema esculentum ("Bizen kurage") Kishinouye 1891
  • Rhopilema hispidum ("Hizen kurage") Vanhoffen 1888
  • Rhopilema nomadica, (Indo-Pacific nomadic jellyfish) a dangerously venomous Indo-Pacific species recently introduced to the Mediterranean Sea
  • Rhopilema rhopalophorum Haeckel, 1880 Rhopilema rhopalophora is a synonym.
  • Rhopilema verrilli

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