Top Results for Rhizostomae

Stomolophus nomurai, commonly called Nomura's jellyfish, is a very large rhizostome jellyfish found in waters of East Asia, including the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and Sea of Japan. Mature individuals can develop bells approaching or exceeding two meters in diameter and weigh well over 100 kilogra...

Cotylorhiza tuberculata is a scyphozoan jellyfish native to the Mediterranean Sea and nearby waters. Its broad yellowish bell has a raised orange or brown center, producing the resemblance that gives the species its common name, fried egg jellyfish. It has branching oral arms rather than long margin...

The barrel jellyfish, Rhizostoma pulmo, is a large scyphozoan jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea and the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its firm, dome-shaped bell can reach about 90 centimeters in diameter, although most individuals are smaller, and its eight thick oral arms lack the long margin...

Rhizostoma luteum is a giant barrel jellyfish found primarily in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, with bells that can exceed 90 cm, and is one of the least studied large medusae in European waters.

A rhizostome jellyfish widely distributed across the Indo-Pacific, recognized by the distinctive crown-like cauliflower texture covering its blue-purple bell surface.

Cephea cephea, commonly called the cauliflower jellyfish or crown jellyfish, is a scyphozoan found in warm Indo-Pacific waters, including the Red Sea. It belongs to the order Rhizostomeae and has a domed bell with prominent wartlike projections that create its characteristic cauliflower appearance....

Rhopilema nomadica, commonly called the nomad jellyfish, is a large rhizostome jellyfish native to tropical waters of the Indian Ocean. It entered the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal and was recorded off Israel in the 1970s, subsequently spreading through parts of the eastern Mediterranean. Sea...

Rhizostoma octopus is a large scyphozoan jellyfish found in northeastern Atlantic waters and adjacent seas. As a rhizostome jellyfish, it lacks the long marginal tentacles associated with many familiar jellyfish and instead has fused, branching oral arms used in feeding. Its thick, dome-shaped bell...

Rhizostoma luteum is a large species of scyphozoan jellyfish found primarily in the Mediterranean Sea and the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Like other members of its genus, it lacks marginal tentacles and possesses eight distinctive oral arms used for filter feeding. The species can reach substantial...

Rhopilema esculentum is a large edible jellyfish widely consumed and commercially farmed in China, where it has been harvested for centuries as both a food source and a traditional medicine ingredient.

Stomolophus meleagris, commonly called the cannonball jellyfish, is a firm-bodied, dome-shaped cnidarian found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. It derives its name from its nearly spherical shape, resembling a cannonball, and has short, inconspicuous tentacles unlike many other jell...

Catostylus mosaicus, commonly called the blubber jellyfish, is a large scyphozoan jellyfish common in the coastal waters, estuaries, and harbours of eastern and southern Australia. It belongs to the order Rhizostomeae, characterized by the absence of long marginal tentacles and the presence of eight...

A large edible scyphozoan jellyfish widely harvested across the Indo-Pacific, particularly in China and Japan, for use in traditional cuisine.

Lychnorhiza lucerna is a large rhizostome jellyfish native to coastal waters of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. It occurs along the shores of South America and is frequently recorded in the Río de la Plata estuary and adjacent waters of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil. Like other scyphozoan jellyfis...

Marivagia stellata is a scyphozoan jellyfish first formally described in 2010 from Israel's Mediterranean coast. Its description established Marivagia as a distinct genus within the order Rhizostomeae, a group that includes rhizostome jellyfish. The species has biogeographic interest because its ori...

Rhopilema verrilli is a large rhizostome scyphozoan jellyfish native to the western North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico. Its bell can reach about 50 centimetres in diameter, placing it among the conspicuous large jellyfish of the region. Like other rhizostomes, it feeds by filtering suspended food...

Rhopilema asamushi is a rhizostome jellyfish described from Japanese coastal waters and associated with the Sea of Japan and nearby parts of the western Pacific. The species has been recorded in Japanese bays and is known in Japanese literature as an edible medusa, with studies examining its use as...

Lobonema smithii is a scyphozoan jellyfish in the rhizostome group, recorded from Indo-Pacific coastal waters including the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Its body is characterized by a substantial bell and thick, lobed oral arms, the appendages beneath the bell that handle feeding. The species...

Catostylus tagi is a scyphozoan, or true jellyfish, in the family Catostylidae. It is common in Portugal's Tagus estuary and occurs along adjacent eastern Atlantic coastal waters; records also place it in the Mediterranean Sea as a non-indigenous species since 2010. Its life cycle includes a benthic...

Thysanostoma thysanura is a species of rhizostome jellyfish in the class Scyphozoa. It is recognized by the fringed or tassel-like structures on its oral arms, a feature reflected in the scientific name and useful for distinguishing it from less elaborately appendaged jellyfish. The species occurs i...

Crambionella orsini is a species of rhizostome jellyfish recorded from the northern Indian Ocean, including the Arabian Sea. Like other members of Rhizostomeae, it has a complex oral-arm structure rather than a single simple mouth opening, and it belongs to the true jellyfish class Scyphozoa. Report...

Versuriga anadyomene is a rhizostome jellyfish in the class Scyphozoa, associated with warm Indo-Pacific waters. It has a broad bell and oral arms adapted for filter feeding, as in other rhizostome jellyfish whose mouths are divided into smaller openings. The species is distinguished by its ornate,...

Cotylorhiza erythraea is a rhizostome scyphozoan jellyfish associated with Indo-Pacific waters. It is recognized by the reddish coloration of its central disk, a feature used to distinguish it in descriptions from the Mediterranean fried egg jellyfish, Cotylorhiza tuberculata. Like other rhizostomes...

Crambione mastigophora is a marine scyphozoan jellyfish in the order Rhizostomeae and family Catostylidae. It occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, including waters around Australia and the Marshall Islands, and has a reddish or brownish bell with eight oral arms. The oral arms bear small club-shaped app...

Catostylus cruciatus is a rhizostome jellyfish found in Australian coastal and estuarine waters. Like other members of its order, it feeds by filtering small organisms and particles from the water rather than using a single central mouth; its oral arms contain numerous small openings. The species is...

Pseudorhiza haeckeli, commonly called Haeckel's jellyfish, is a true jellyfish in the family Lychnorhizidae and the order Rhizostomeae. It occurs in Australian coastal waters and is also recorded from the wider Indo-Pacific. Like other rhizostomes, it has a bell and branched oral arms rather than a...

Acromitus flagellatus is a scyphozoan jellyfish in the family Catostylidae, native to parts of the Indo-Pacific. Its bell can be marked with uneven dark spots, while its eight oral arms extend below the bell and end in long flagella, the feature reflected in its species name. The medusa may be white...

Polyclonia frondosa is a historical scientific name associated with the Caribbean and western Atlantic upside-down jellyfish now generally treated as Cassiopea frondosa. It is a scyphozoan rhizostome that lives in shallow tropical water, especially around Florida and the Caribbean, with its bell res...

Lobonemoides gracilis is a rhizostome jellyfish recorded from the tropical Indo-Pacific. It is a filter-feeding scyphozoan, and its oral arms are comparatively slender when contrasted with those of the closely related genus Lobonema. These oral-arm proportions are a useful morphological distinction...