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]
- Species (94) [91 morphological + 3 molecular]
Cassiopeidae
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)*
- leptopus (Chamisso & Eysenhardt 1821)*
Cepheidae
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
- 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
- M. albipunctatus Stiasny 1920
- M. andersoni Stiasny 1926
- M. gracilis (Vanhöffen 1888)
- M. ocellatus (Modeer 1791)
- M. pantherinus Haeckel 1880
- M. papua (Lesson 1830) * pictured
- M. roseus (Reynaud 1830)
- M. 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.
