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Rhizostoma Cuvier, 1800 
AphiaID: 135257

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Daktyliophorae (Suborder) > Rhizostomatidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Rhizostomatidae Cuvier, 1799
Sources  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]

additional source: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (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]

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 Species Rhizostoma cuvierii
Species Rhizostoma luteum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
Species Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778)

Species Rhizostoma octopus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778)
Environment marine
Host of  Paramacrochiron rhizostomae Reddiah, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135257
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Cornelius, Paul
  
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  Citation: Cornelius, P. (2013). Rhizostoma Cuvier, 1800. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135257 on 2013-06-19
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