Biology:Rhizostoma octopus
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Short description: Marine invertebrate
| Rhizostoma octopus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Family: | Rhizostomatidae |
| Genus: | Rhizostoma |
| Species: | R. octopus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhizostoma octopus Gmelin, 1791
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Rhizostoma octopus is a species of marine invertebrate.[1][2] They are most commonly found in the English Channel, the North Sea, and the North Atlantic up to the Norwegian Sea.[1]
Predators include leatherback sea turtles.[3] These jellyfish are harvested as a natural source of collagen.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rhizostoma octopus (Dustbin-lid Jelly)" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/752776-Rhizostoma-octopus.
- ↑ Holst, Sabine; Sötje, Ilka; Tiemann, Henry; Jarms, Gerhard (June 2007). "Life cycle of the rhizostome jellyfish Rhizostoma octopus (L.) (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae), with studies on cnidocysts and statoliths" (in en). Marine Biology 151 (5): 1695–1710. doi:10.1007/s00227-006-0594-8. ISSN 0025-3162. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00227-006-0594-8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Elliott, Anna; Hobson, Victoria; Tang, Kam W. (2017-01-01). Hunsicker, Mary. ed. "Balancing fishery and conservation: a case study of the barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma octopus in South Wales" (in en). ICES Journal of Marine Science 74 (1): 234–241. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsw157. ISSN 1054-3139. https://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article/74/1/234/2669573.
Wikidata ☰ Q2595392 entry
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