| Stomolophus | |
|---|---|
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| Stomolophus meleagris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Suborder: | Daktyliophorae |
| Family: | Stomolophidae Haeckel, 1880 |
| Genus: | Stomolophus Agassiz, 1862 |
| Species | |
| 2 species, see text | |
Stomolophus is a genus of true jellyfish from the West Atlantic and Pacific.[1] It is the only genus in the monotypic family Stomolophidae. Formerly, Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai) was also included in this genus, but has now been reclassified to the family Rhizostomatidae.[2]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Stomolophus includes two species:[3]
- Stomolophus fritillarius
- Stomolophus meleagris - the cannonball or cabbagehead 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.