Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Scyphozoa > Subclass Discomedusae > Order Rhizostomeae > Suborder Kolpophorae > Infraorder Actinomyaria > Family Cepheidae > Genus Cotylorhiza

Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cotylorhiza*	Agassiz, 1862	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: meduza lulelakër sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: borm groc; ou ferrat sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: fried egg jellyfish; fried-egg jellyfish; Mediterranean jelly; Mediterranean jellyfish sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: méduse œuf au pla; méduse poumon

German: Knollenqualle; Spiegeleiqualle; Spiegelei-Qualle sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Italian: Cassiopea mediterranea

Spanish, Castillian: aguacuajada; medusa huevo frito

Literature

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
additional source	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.
additional source	Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.

Genbank

Citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri, 1778). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135297