Stomolophus
Appearance
Stomolophidae | |
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Stomolophus meleagris | |
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Family: | Stomolophidae Haeckel, 1880
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Genus: | Stomolophus
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2 species, see text |
Stopmolophidae is a family of true jellyfish from the West Atlantic and Pacific. It contains a single genus, Stomolophus.[1] In addition to the species listed below, the Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai) was formerly included in this genus, though now N. monurai has been placed within Rhizostomatidae.[2]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Stomolophus includes two species:[3]
- Stomolophus fritillarius
- Stomolophus meleagris - the cannonball or cabbage head jellyfish
References
- ^ "Stopmolophidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ^ Omori; and Kitamura (2004). Taxonomic review of three Japanese species of edible jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae). Plankton Biol. Ecol. 51(1): 36–51.
- ^ "Stomolophus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 August 2012.