Rhopilema
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| Rhopilema | |
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| Rhopilema nomadica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Subclass: | Discomedusae |
| Order: | Rhizostomae |
| Family: | Rhizostomatidae |
| Genus: | Rhopilema Haeckel, 1880 |
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Rhopilema is a genus of jellyfishes.
Species include
- R. esculentum ("Bizen kurage") Kishinouye 1891 [1]
- R. hispidum ("Hizen kurage") Vanhoffen 1888
- R. nomadica, (Indo-Pacific nomadic jellyfish) a toxic Indo-Pacific variety recently migrated the Mediterranean Sea
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