Biology:Stomolophus
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Short description: Genus of jellyfishes
| Stomolophus | |
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| Stomolophus meleagris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Suborder: | Dactyliophorae |
| Family: | Stomolophidae Haeckel, 1880 |
| Genus: | Stomolophus L. Agassiz, 1862 |
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Stomolophus is a genus of true jellyfish from the West Atlantic and Pacific.[1] It is the only genus in the monotypic family Stomolophidae. Formerly, Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai) was also included in this genus, but has now been reclassified to the family Rhizostomatidae.[2]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, Stomolophus includes two species:[3]
- Stomolophus fritillarius
- Stomolophus meleagris – the cannonball or cabbagehead jellyfish
References
- ↑ "Stopmolophidae Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266981.
- ↑ Omori, Makoto; Kitamura, Minoru (2004). "Taxonomic review of three Japanese species of edible jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae)". Plankton Biology and Ecology 51 (1): 36–51. http://www.plankton.jp/PBE/issue/vol51_1/vol51_1_036.pdf.
- ↑ "Stomolophus Agassiz, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267871.
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