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 octopus (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhizostoma*	Cuvier, 1800	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Medusa octopus*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: zeepaddenstoel; zeepaddestoel sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: barrel jellyfish; blue cabbage bleb; rhizostome; rhizostome jellyfish 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.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

French: poumons de mer; rhizostome; rhizostome de mer sources: Leloup, E. (1952). Coelentérés [Coelenterata]. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique: Brussels, Belgium. 283 pp.;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf

German: blaue Lungenqualle; Blumenkohlqualle sources: Strandvondsten van Gravelines tot Nieuwpoort. Ecogids Tjiftjaf;Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

Swedish: lungmanet

Literature

basis of record	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
source of synonymy	van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Rhizostoma octopus (Gmelin, 1791). 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:152203