Rhizostomeae
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- 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 (27)
- Species (95) [92 morphological + 3 molecular]
- Species (95) [92 morphological + 3 molecular]
Cassiopeidae
L. Agassiz 1862
- Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur 1810
- Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål 1775) pictured
- Cassiopea depressa Haeckel 1880
- Cassiopea frondosa (Pallas 1774)
- Cassiopea medusa Light 1914
- Cassiopea mertensi Brandt 1838
- Cassiopea ndrosia Agassiz & Mayer 1899
- Cassiopea ornata Haeckel 1880
- Cassiopea picta Vanhöffen 1888
- Cassiopea vanderhorsti Stiasny 1922
- Cassiopea sp. 1 see Holland et al. 2004
- Cassiopea sp. 2 see Holland et al. 2004
- Cassiopea sp. 3 see Holland et al. 2004
Catostylidae
Gegenbaur 1857
- Acromitoides Stiasny 1921
- Acromitoides purpurus (Mayer 1910)
- Acromitoides stiphropterus (Schultze 1897)
- Acromitus Light 1914 *
- Acromitus flagellatus (Maas 1903) pictured below
- Acromitus hardenbergi Stiasny 1934
- Acromitus maculosus Light 1914 *
- Acromitus rabanchatu Annandale 1915
- Acromitus tankahkeei Light 1924
- Catostylus L. Agassiz 1862
- Catostylus cruciatus (Lesson 1830)
- Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) * pictured below
- Catostylus ornatellus (Vanhöffen 1888)
- Catostylus ouwensi Moestafa & McConnaughey 1966
- Catostylus perezi Ranson 1945
- Catostylus tagi (Haeckel 1869)
- Catostylus townsendi Mayer 1915 pictured below
- Catostylus tripterus (Haeckel 1880)
- Catostylus turgescens (Schultze 1911)
- Catostylus viridescens (Chun 1896)
- Crambione Maas 1903
- Crambione bartschi (Mayer 1910)
- Crambione cooki Mayer 1910
- Crambione mastigophora Maas 1903* pictured below
- Crambionella Stiasny 1921
- Crambionella annandalei Rao 1931
- Crambionella orsini (Vanhöffen 1888) * pictured below
- Crambionella stuhlmanni (Chun 1896)
- Leptobrachia Brandt 1838
- Leptobrachia leptopus (Chamisso & Eysenhardt 1821)*
- Leptobrachia leptopus (Chamisso & Eysenhardt 1821)*
Cepheidae
L. Agassiz 1862
- Cephea Péron & Lesueur 1810
- Cephea cephea (Forskål 1775) pictured
- Cephea coerulea Vanhöffen 1902
- Cephea conifera Haeckel 1880
- Cephea octostyla (Forskål 1775)*
- Cephea sp. see Mayer 1915
- Cephea sp. see Stiasny 1937
- Cephea sp. see Kramp 1958
- Cotylorhiza L. Agassiz 1862
- Cotylorhiza ambulacrata Haeckel 1880
- Cotylorhiza erythraea Stiasny 1920
- Cotylorhiza pacifica Mayer 1915
- Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri 1778)* pictured
- Marivagia Galil & Gershwin 2010
- Marivagia stellata Galil & Gershwin 2010
- Netrostoma L.S. Schultze 1898
- Netrostoma coerulescens Maas 1903
- Netrostoma dumokuroa (Agassiz & Mayer 1899)
- Netrostoma nuda Gershwin & Zeidler 2008
- Netrostoma setouchianum (Kishinouye 1902)
- Netrostoma typhlodendrium L.S. Schultze 1898*
- Polyrhiza L. Agassiz 1862
- Polyrhiza vesiculosa (Ehrenberg 1835)*
Lychnorhizidae
Haeckel 1880
- Anomalorhiza Light 1921
- Anomalorhiza shawi Light 1921 *
- Lychnorhiza Haeckel 1880
- Lychnorhiza arubae Stiasny 1920
- Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel 1880 * pictured
- Lychnorhiza malayensis Stiasny 1920
- Pseudorhiza von Lendenfeld 1882
- Pseudorhiza aurosa von Lendenfeld 1882 *
- Pseudorhiza haeckeli Haacke 1884
Lobonematidae
Stiasny 1921
- Lobonema Mayer 1910
- Lobonema mayeri Light 1914
- Lobonema smithi Mayer 1910 *
- Lobonemoides Light 1914
- Lobonemoides gracilis Light 1914 *
- Lobonemoides robustus Stiasny 1920
- Lobonemoides sewelli Rao 1931
Mastigiidae
Stiasny 1921
- Mastigias L. Agassiz 1862
- Mastigias albipunctatus Stiasny 1920
- Mastigias andersoni Stiasny 1926
- Mastigias gracilis (Vanhöffen 1888)
- Mastigias ocellatus (Modeer 1791)
- Mastigias pantherinus Haeckel 1880
- Mastigias papua (Lesson 1830) * pictured
- Mastigias roseus (Reynaud 1830)
- Mastigias siderea Chun 1896
- Mastigias sp. see Rao 1931
- Mastigietta Stiasny 1921
- Mastigietta palmipes (Haeckel 1880) *
- Phyllorhiza L. Agassiz 1862
- Phyllorhiza luzoni Mayer 1915
- Phyllorhiza pacifica (Light 1921)
- Phyllorhiza peronlesueuri Goy 1990
- Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld 1884 * pictured
- Thysanostoma L. Agassiz 1862
- Thysanostoma flagellatum (Haeckel 1880)
- Thysanostoma loriferum (Ehrenberg 1835)
- Thysanostoma thysanura Haeckel 1880 *
- Versuriga Kramp 1961
- Versuriga anadyomene (Maas 1903) * pictured
Rhizostomatidae
Cuvier 1799
- Eupilema Haeckel 1880
- Eupilema inexpectata Pages, Gili & Bouillon 1992
- Eupilema scapulare Haeckel 1880 *
- Nemopilema (Kishinouye 1922)
- Nemopilema nomurai (Kishinouye 1922) * pictured
- Rhizostoma Cuvier 1799
- Rhizostoma luteum (Quoy & Gaimard 1827)
- Rhizostoma octopus (Macri 1778)
- Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri 1778)*
- Rhopilema Haeckel 1880
- Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye 1891
- Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhöffen 1888)
- Rhopilema nomadica Galil, Spanier & Ferguson 1990
- Rhopilema rhopalophorum Haeckel 1880 *
- Rhopilema verrilli (Fewkes 1887)
Stomolophidae
Haeckel 1880
- Stomolophus L. Agassiz 1862
- Stomolophus fritillarius Haeckel 1880
- Stomolophus meleagris L. Agassiz 1862 *
See Zoo Bank ([1]) for more information.
- Compiled by M.N Dawson, G. Jarms, A.C. Morandini. Update pending.
