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

Taxon found in 151 publications.

Genbank

Link to 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