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.



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

Collections: M = morphology, D = DNA.

Type = *


Family (8) Genus (26) Species (94) [91 morphological + 3 molecular] Collections
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 (Pallas 1774) Florida (D), Panama (D)
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 (Schultze 1897)
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 (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.