Rhizostomeae

• Order Rhizostomeae (Cuvier 1799)
• Characteristics of the Order (from Kramp 1961)

Scyphomedusae with umbrella margin cleft into lappets; without marginal tentacles; without a central mouth opening, but with numerous mouths upon eight adradial, fleshy, branched, arm-like appendages arising from the centre of the subumbrella; with rhopalia between marginal clefts.

Rhizostomeae Species

Based largely on Kramp (1961), Mianzan & Cornelius (1999)

Collections: M = morphology, D = DNA, Type = *

Key:

Family (8)

• Genus (26)
  • Species (94) [91 morphological + 3 molecular]
    

Cassiopeidae

Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål 1775)

L. Agassiz 1862

• Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur 1810 
  • andromeda (Forskål 1775) pictured
  • depressa Haeckel 1880
  • frondosa (Pallas 1774)
  • medusa Light 1914
  • mertensi Brandt 1838
  • ndrosia Agassiz & Mayer 1899
  • ornata Haeckel 1880
  • picta Vanhöffen 1888
  • vanderhorsti Stiasny 1922
  • sp. 1 see Holland et al. 2004
  • sp. 2 see Holland et al. 2004
  • sp. 3 see Holland et al. 2004

Catostylidae

Gegenbaur 1857

• AcromitoidesStiasny 1921
  • purpurus (Mayer 1910)
  • stiphropterus (Schultze 1897)
• Acromitus Light 1914 *
  • flagellatus (Maas 1903) pictured below
  • hardenbergi Stiasny 1934
  • maculosus Light 1914 *
  • rabanchatu Annandale 1915
  • tankahkeei Light 1924
• Catostylus L. Agassiz 1862
  • cruciatus (Lesson 1830)
  • mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) * pictured below
  • ornatellus (Vanhöffen 1888)
  • ouwensi Moestafa & McConnaughey 1966
  • perezi Ranson 1945
  • tagi (Haeckel 1869)
  • townsendi Mayer 1915 pictured below
  • tripterus (Haeckel 1880)
  • turgescens (Schultze 1911)
  • viridescens (Chun 1896)
• Crambione Maas 1903
  • bartschi (Mayer 1910)
  • cooki Mayer 1910
  • mastigophora Maas 1903* pictured below
• Crambionella Stiasny 1921
  • annandalei Rao 1931
  • orsini (Vanhöffen 1888) * pictured below
  • stuhlmanni (Chun 1896)
• Leptobrachia Brandt 1838
  • leptopus (Chamisso & Eysenhardt 1821)*
    

Acromitus flagellatus (Maas 1903)

Acromitus flagellatus (Maas 1903)

Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)

Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)

Crambione mastigophora (Maas 1903)

Crambione mastigophora (Maas 1903)

Crambione mastigophora (Maas 1903)

Cepheidae

Catostylus townsendi Mayer 1915

L. Agassiz 1862

• Cephea Péron & Lesueur 1810
  • cephea (Forskål 1775) pictured
  • coerulea Vanhöffen 1902
  • conifera Haeckel 1880
  • octostyla (Forskål 1775)*
  • sp. see Mayer 1915
  • sp. see Stiasny 1937
  • sp. see Kramp 1958
• Cotylorhiza L. Agassiz 1862
  • ambulacrata Haeckel 1880
  • erythraea Stiasny 1920
  • pacifica Mayer 1915
  • tuberculata (Macri 1778)* pictured

Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri 1778)

Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri 1778)

Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri 1778)

Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri 1778)

• Netrostoma L.S. Schultze 1898
  • coerulescens Maas 1903
  • dumokuroa (Agassiz & Mayer 1899)
  • setouchianum (Kishinouye 1902)
  • typhlodendrium L.S. Schultze 1898*
• Polyrhiza L. Agassiz 1862
  • vesiculosa (Ehrenberg 1835)*

Lychnorhizidae

Haeckel 1880

• Anomalorhiza Light 1921
  • shawi Light 1921 *
• Lychnorhiza Haeckel 1880
  • arubae Stiasny 1920
  • lucerna Haeckel 1880 * pictured
  • malayensis Stiasny 1920
• Pseudorhiza von Lendenfeld 1882
  • aurosa von Lendenfeld 1882 *
  • haeckeli Haacke 1884

Lobonematidae

Stiasny 1921

• Lobonema Mayer 1910
  • mayeri Light 1914
  • smithi Mayer 1910 *
• Lobonemoides Light 1914
  • gracilis Light 1914 *
  • robustus Stiasny 1920
  • sewelli Rao 1931

Mastigiidae

Stiasny 1921

• Mastigias L. Agassiz 1862
  • albipunctatus Stiasny 1920
  • andersoni Stiasny 1926
  • gracilis (Vanhöffen 1888)
  • ocellatus (Modeer 1791)
  • pantherinus Haeckel 1880
  • papua (Lesson 1830) * pictured
  • roseus (Reynaud 1830)
  • siderea Chun 1896
  • sp. see Rao 1931
• Mastigietta Stiasny 1921
  • palmipes (Haeckel 1880) *
• Phyllorhiza L. Agassiz 1862
  • luzoni Mayer 1915
  • pacifica (Light 1921)
  • peronlesueuri Goy 1990
  • punctata von Lendenfeld 1884 * pictured
• Thysanostoma L. Agassiz 1862
  • flagellatum (Haeckel 1880)
  • loriferum (Ehrenberg 1835)
  • thysanura Haeckel 1880 *
• Versuriga Kramp 1961
  • anadyomene (Maas 1903) * pictured

Rhizostomatidae

Cuvier 1799

• Eupilema Haeckel 1880
  • inexpectata Pages, Gili & Bouillon 1992
  • scapulare Haeckel 1880 *
• Nemopilema (Kishinouye 1922)
  • nomurai (Kishinouye 1922) * pictured
• Rhizostoma Cuvier 1799
  • luteum (Quoy & Gaimard 1827)
  • Octopus (Macri 1778)
  • pulmo (Macri 1778)*
• Rhopilema Haeckel 1880
  • esculentum Kishinouye 1891
  • hispidum (Vanhöffen 1888)
  • nomadica Galil, Spanier & Ferguson 1990
  • rhopalophorum Haeckel 1880 *
  • verrilli (Fewkes 1887)

Stomolophidae

Haeckel 1880

• Stomolophus L. Agassiz 1862
  • fritillarius Haeckel 1880
  • meleagris L. Agassiz 1862 *

See Zoo Bank ([1]) for more information.

Compiled by M.N Dawson, G. Jarms, A.C. Morandini. Update pending.