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(Redirected from Stomolophidae) Genus of jellyfishes

Stomolophus
Stomolophus meleagris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Suborder: Dactyliophorae
Family: Stomolophidae
Haeckel, 1880
Genus: Stomolophus
L. Agassiz, 1862
Species

2 species, see text

Stomolophus is a genus of true jellyfish from the West Atlantic and Pacific. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Stomolophidae. Formerly, Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai) was also included in this genus, but has now been reclassified to the family Rhizostomatidae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, Stomolophus includes two species:

References

  1. "Stopmolophidae Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. Omori, Makoto; Kitamura, Minoru (2004). "Taxonomic review of three Japanese species of edible jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae)" (PDF). Plankton Biology and Ecology. 51 (1): 36–51.
  3. "Stomolophus Agassiz, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Stomolophus
Stomolophidae


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