Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Scyphozoa > Subclass Discomedusae > Order Rhizostomeae > Suborder Daktyliophorae > 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

Species group names

*Rhizostoma octopus*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

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 sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Barrel Jellyfish

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	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (92 publications)
GenBank (77 nucleotides; 22 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135299