Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Scyphozoa > Subclass Discomedusae > Order Rhizostomeae > Suborder Dactyliophorae > Superfamily Rhizostomatoidea > Family Rhizostomatidae > Genus Rhizostoma

Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhizostoma*	Cuvier, 1800	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: meduza krahëbashkuar 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.

Dutch: zeepaddestoel sources: Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17

English: barrel jellyfish; dustbin-lid jellyfish; football jellyfish; yellow Mediterranean cabbage bleb sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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.

German: Gelbe Lungenqualle

Literature

original description	Macri, S. (1778). Nuove Osservazioni intorno la storia naturale del Polmone Marino degli Antichi. 36pp.
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	Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Rhizostoma pulmo (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:135299