WoRMS taxon details
Rhizostoma Cuvier, 1800
Orythia Quoy & Gaimard, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Rhizostoma luteum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
- Species Rhizostoma octopus (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778)
- Species Rhizostoma Aldrovandi Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778) (synonym)
- Species Rhizostoma cruciata Lesson, 1830 accepted as Catostylus cruciatus (Lesson, 1830) (synonym)
- Species Rhizostoma Cuvieri Péron & Lesueur, 1810 accepted as Rhizostoma octopus (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
- Species Rhizostoma hispidum Vanhöffen, 1888 accepted as Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhöffen, 1888) (synonym)
- Species Rhizostoma leptopus Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821 accepted as Leptobrachia leptopus (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) (synonym)
- Species Rhizostoma loriferum Ehrenberg, 1837 accepted as Thysanostoma loriferum (Ehrenberg, 1837) (synonym)
- Species Rhizostoma mertensi Brandt, 1838 accepted as Cassiopea mertensi (Brandt, 1838) (synonym)
- Species Rhizostoma rosea Reynaud, 1830 accepted as Mastigias roseus (Reynaud, 1830) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cuvier, G. (1800). Mémoire sur l'organisation de quelques méduses. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, Société Philomathique, Paris, Ser. I, Tome 2(33): 69.</em>
page(s): 69 [details]
page(s): 69 [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Rhizostoma Cuvier, 1800. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135257 on 2024-08-22
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original description
Cuvier, G. (1800). Mémoire sur l'organisation de quelques méduses. <em>Bulletin des Sciences, Société Philomathique, Paris, Ser. I, Tome 2(33): 69.</em>
page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Orythia Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 642 [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 69 [details]
original description (of Orythia Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1827). Observations zoologiques faites à bord de l'Astrolabe, en mai 1826, dans le Détroit de Gibraltar. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 10: 5-21, 172-193, 225-239; pls 1-2, 4-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6008318 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cornelius, P.F.S. (2001). Cubozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 111 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 642 [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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