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Rhopilema Haeckel, 1880

AphiaID

135258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135258)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Rhopilema rhopalophorum Haeckel, 1880 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Rhizostomatidae Cuvier, 1800

Synonymised names

Nectopilema Fewkes, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Rhopilema asamushi Uchida, 1927
Species Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye, 1891
Species Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhöffen, 1888)
Species Rhopilema nomadica Galil, Spanier & Ferguson, 1990
Species Rhopilema rhopalophorum Haeckel, 1880
Species Rhopilema verrilli (Fewkes, 1887)
Species Rhopilema esculenta Kishinouye, 1891 accepted as Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye, 1891 (species name changed to agree with generic name)
Species Rhopilema rhopalophora Haeckel, 1880 accepted as Rhopilema rhopalophorum Haeckel, 1880 (species name changed to agree with generic name)
Species Rhopilema verrucosa Kishinouye, 1899 accepted as Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhöffen, 1888) (synonym)
Species Rhopilema visayana Light, 1914 accepted as Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhöffen, 1888) (synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 596 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Rhopilema Haeckel, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135258 on 2024-09-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Cornelius, Paul

2006-09-28 06:51:36Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2019-12-25 14:55:12Z

changed

Morandini, André C.

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original description Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. 2: 361-672, plates 21-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32605982
page(s): 596 [details]

original description (of Nectopilema Fewkes, 1887) Fewkes, J.W. (1887). A new Rhizostomatous medusa from New England. American Journal of Science. 33(3): 119-125.
page(s): 120 [details]

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

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 650 [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
Japanese	ビゼンクラゲ属	[details]

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