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 (26)
- Species (94) [91 morphological + 3 molecular]
Cassiopeidae
L. Agassiz 1862
- Cassiopea (Péron & Lesueur 1810)
- andromeda (Forskål 1775; Bermuda (D); Hawaii (D, M); Florida (D), Red Sea (D)) *
- depressa (Haeckel 1880)
- frondosa
- medusa (Light 1914)
- mertensi (Brandt 1838)
- ndrosia (Agassiz & Mayer 1899)
- ornata (Haeckel 1880; Fiji (D), Kakaban (D, M), Palau (D, M))
- picta (Vanhöffen 1888)
- vanderhorsti (Stiasny 1922)
- sp. 1 (Holland et al. 2004; Queensland (D))
- sp. 2 (Holland et al. 2004; New Guinea (D))
- sp. 3 (Holland et al. 2004; Hawaii (D, M), New Guinea (D))
Catostylidae
Gegenbaur 1857
Acromitoides Stiasny 1921
- purpurus (Mayer 1910)
- stiphropterus
- Acromitus (Light 1914)
- flagellatus (Maas 1903; Taiwan (D) )
- hardenbergi (Stiasny 1934)
- maculosus (Light 1914)*
- rabanchatu (Annandale 1915)
- tankahkeei (Light 1924)
- Catostylus (L. Agassiz 1862)
- cruciatus (Lesson 1830)
- mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824; Queensland (D), New South Wales (D, M), Tasmania (D, M), Victoria (D, M) ) * ornatellus
- ouwensi
- perezi (Ranson 1945)
- tagi
- townsendi (Mayer 1915; Taiwan (D))
- tripterus (Haeckel 1880)
- turgescens
- viridescens
- Crambione
- bartschi (Mayer 1910)
- cooki
- mastigophora Maas 1903 *Crambionella
- annandalei
- orsini
- stuhlmanni
- Leptobrachia Brandt 1838
- leptopus (Chamisso & Eysenhardt 1821) *Cepheidae
Cepheidae
L. Agassiz 1862
- Cephea Péron & Lesueur 1810
- cephea (Forskål 1775; Palau (D), Kwajalein (D))
- coerulea Vanhöffen 1902
- conifera Haeckel 1880
- octostyla (Forskål 1775) *
- sp. Mayer 1915
- sp. Stiasny 1937
- sp. Kramp 1958
- Cotylorhiza L. Agassiz 1862
- ambulacrata Haeckel 1880
- erythraea Stiasny 1920
- pacifica
- tuberculata
- Netrostoma
- coerulescens Maas 1903
- dumokuroa
- setouchianum
- typhlodendrium
- Polyrhiza
- vesiculosa (Ehrenberg 1835) *
Lychnorhizidae
Haeckel 1880
- Anomalorhiza Light 1921
- shawi Light 1921; Philippines (D, M) *
- Lychnorhiza
- arubae Stiasny 1920
- l''ucerna Haeckel 1880
- malayensis
- Pseudorhiza
- aurosa
- haeckeli Haacke 1884
Lobonematidae
- Lobonema
- mayeri Light 1914
- smithi Mayer 1910 *
- Lobonemoides Light 1914
- gracilis
- robustus
- sewelli Rao 1931 Mastigiidae
Mastigiidae
Stiasny 1921
- albipunctatus
- andersoni
- gracilis (Vanhöffen 1888)
- ocellatus
- pantherinus Haeckel 1880
- papua
- roseus
- siderea Chun 1896
- sp. Rao 1931
- Mastigietta
- palmipes
- Phyllorhiza
- luzoni Mayer 1915
- pacifica (Light 1921)
- peronlesueuri Goy 1990
- punctata von Lendenfeld 1884 *
- Thysanostoma
- flagellatum (Haeckel 1880)
- loriferum
- thysanura Haeckel 1880; Palau (D) *
- Versuriga Kramp 1961
- anadyomene (Maas 1903; Palau (D)) *
Rhizostomatidae
Cuvier 1799
- Eupilema Haeckel 1880
- inexpectata Pages Gili & Bouillon 1992
- scapulare Haeckel 1880 *
- Nemopilema Kishinouye 1922
- nomurai (Kishinouye 1922) *
- Rhizostoma
- luteum (Quoy & Gaimard 1827)
- Octopus (Macri 1778)
- pulmo (Macri 1778)*
- Rhopilema
- esculentum Kishinouye 1891; China (D, M)
- hispidum (Vanhöffen 1888)
- nomadica Galil, Spanier & Ferguson 1990
- rhopalophorum Haeckel 1880 *
- verrilli (Fewkes 1887)
Stomolophidae
Haeckel 1880
- Stomolophus L. Agassiz 1862
- fritillarius
- meleagris L. Agassiz 1862 *
See Zoo Bank ([1]) for more information.
Compiled by M.N Dawson, G. Jarms, A.C. Morandini. Update pending.
