WoRMS taxon details
Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778)
135299 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135299)
accepted
Species
Medusa pulmo Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhizostoma Aldrovandi Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Macri, S. (1778). Nuove osservazioni intorno la storia naturale del Polmone Marino degli Antichi. 36 pp., 1 pl. Napoli.
[reprinted in <i>Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze</i>, Napoli, 2(2): 13-52 (1825)]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?hl=es&lr=&id=SmKhhoTo1QAC [details] 
Type locality contained in Nice
type locality contained in Nice [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2026). World List of Scyphozoa. Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135299 on 2026-11-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Macri, S. (1778). Nuove osservazioni intorno la storia naturale del Polmone Marino degli Antichi. 36 pp., 1 pl. Napoli.
[reprinted in <i>Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze</i>, Napoli, 2(2): 13-52 (1825)]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?hl=es&lr=&id=SmKhhoTo1QAC [details]
original description (of Medusa pulmo Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3155 [details]
original description (of Rhizostoma Aldrovandi Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 362 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Medusa pulmo Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3155 [details]
original description (of Rhizostoma Aldrovandi Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 362 [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 648-649 [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 648-649 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | meduza krahëbashkuar | [details] |
| Dutch | zeepaddestoel | [details] |
| English | yellow Mediterranean cabbage blebfootball jellyfishdustbin-lid jellyfishbarrel jellyfish | [details] |
| German | Gelbe Lungenqualle | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhizostoma pulmo)
To GenBank (141 nucleotides; 81 proteins) (from synonym Medusa pulmo Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (141 nucleotides; 81 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhizostoma pulmo)
To GenBank (141 nucleotides; 81 proteins) (from synonym Medusa pulmo Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (141 nucleotides; 81 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
