MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Rhizostoma Cuvier, 1800

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Rhizostoma Cuvier, 1800

AphiaID

135257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135257)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Rhizostomatidae Cuvier, 1800

Synonymised names

Orythia Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Rhizostoma luteum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
Species Rhizostoma octopus (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778)
Species Rhizostoma Aldrovandi Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778) (synonym)
Species Rhizostoma cruciata Lesson, 1830 accepted as Catostylus cruciatus (Lesson, 1830) (synonym)
Species Rhizostoma Cuvieri Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Rhizostoma octopus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Species Rhizostoma hispidum Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhöffen, 1888) (synonym)
Species Rhizostoma leptopus Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Leptobrachia leptopus (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (synonym)
Species Rhizostoma loriferum Ehrenberg, 1837 accepted as Thysanostoma loriferum (Ehrenberg, 1837) (synonym)
Species Rhizostoma mertensi Brandt, 1838 accepted as Cassiopea mertensi (Brandt, 1838) (synonym)
Species Rhizostoma rosea Reynaud, 1830 accepted as Mastigias roseus (Reynaud, 1830) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Cuvier, G. (1800). Mémoire sur l'organisation de quelques méduses. Bulletin des Sciences, Société Philomathique, Paris, Ser. I, Tome 2(33): 69.
page(s): 69 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Rhizostoma Cuvier, 1800. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135257 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Cornelius, Paul

2016-07-13 10:00:29Z

changed

Collins, Allen G.

2019-12-25 14:55:12Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Cuvier, G. (1800). Mémoire sur l'organisation de quelques méduses. Bulletin des Sciences, Société Philomathique, Paris, Ser. I, Tome 2(33): 69.
page(s): 69 [details]

original description (of Orythia Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 [details]

basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 642 [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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Language	Name
English	marigold blubberfootball jellyfishcabbage bleb	[details]
German	LungenquallenBlumenkohlquallen	[details]

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