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
- flagellatus (Maas 1903)
| Acromitus Light 1914 | 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 (Vanhöffen 1888) | |||
| ouwensi Moestafa & McConnaughey 1966 | |||
| perezi Ranson 1945 | |||
| tagi (Haeckel 1869) | |||
| townsendi Mayer 1915 | Taiwan (D) | ||
| tripterus (Haeckel 1880) | |||
| turgescens (Schultze 1911) | |||
| viridescens (Chun 1896) | |||
| Crambione Maas 1903 | bartschi (Mayer 1910) | ||
| cooki Mayer 1910 | |||
| mastigophora Maas 1903 * | |||
| Crambionella Stiasny 1921 | annandalei Rao 1931 | ||
| orsini (Vanhöffen 1888) * | Persian Gulf (D) | ||
| stuhlmanni (Chun 1896) | |||
| Leptobrachia Brandt 1838 | leptopus (Chamisso & Eysenhardt 1821) * | ||
| 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 Mayer 1915 | |||
| 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 * | Philippines (D, M) |
| Lychnorhiza Haeckel 1880 | arubae Stiasny 1920 | ||
| lucerna Haeckel 1880* | |||
| 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)* | Berau (D, M), Japan (D, M), Palau (D, M), | ||
| roseus (Reynaud 1830) | |||
| siderea Chun 1896 | |||
| sp. 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 * | |||
| Thysanostoma L. Agassiz 1862 | flagellatum (Haeckel 1880) | ||
| loriferum (Ehrenberg 1835) | |||
| 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 Cuvier 1799 | luteum (Quoy & Gaimard 1827) | ||
| Octopus (Macri 1778) | |||
| pulmo (Macri 1778)* | |||
| Rhopilema Haeckel 1880 | 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 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.
