Stomolophus | |
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Stomolophus meleagris | |
Scientific 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:
- Stomolophus fritillarius
- Stomolophus meleagris – the cannonball or cabbagehead jellyfish
References
- "Stopmolophidae Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- 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.
- "Stomolophus Agassiz, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Stomolophus | |
Stomolophidae |
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