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)
  1. Species (94) [91 morphological + 3 molecular]


Cassiopeidae

L. Agassiz 1862

  • Cassiopea Péron & Lesueur 1810
    Cassiopea andromeda (Forskål 1775)
    • 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

  1. purpurus (Mayer 1910)
  2. stiphropterus
  3. flagellatus (Maas 1903)












































Acromitus Light 1914
Acromitus flagellatus (Maas 1903)
Acromitus 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) *
Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824)
Catostylus 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
Catostylus 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.