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Rhopilema Rhopalophora
''Rhopilema'' is a genus of jellyfish. Species include: * '' Rhopilema esculentum'' ("Bizen kurage") Kishinouye 1891 * '' Rhopilema hispidum'' ("Hizen kurage") Vanhoffen 1888 * '' Rhopilema nomadica'', (Indo-Pacific nomadic jellyfish) a dangerously venomous Indo-Pacific species recently introduced to the Mediterranean Sea * '' Rhopilema rhopalophorum'' Haeckel, 1880 Rhopilema rhopalophora is a synonym. * '' Rhopilema verrilli'' References External links * * Rhizostomatidae Scyphozoan genera Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel {{Scyphozoa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (; 16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was a German zoologist, naturalist, eugenicist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist and artist. He discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms and coined many terms in biology, including ''ecology'', '' phylum'', ''phylogeny'', and ''Protista.'' Haeckel promoted and popularised Charles Darwin's work in Germany and developed the influential but no longer widely held recapitulation theory ("ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny") claiming that an individual organism's biological development, or ontogeny, parallels and summarises its species' evolutionary development, or phylogeny. The published artwork of Haeckel includes over 100 detailed, multi-colour illustrations of animals and sea creatures, collected in his ''Kunstformen der Natur'' ("Art Forms of Nature"), a book which would go on to influence the Art Nouveau artistic mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jellyfish
Jellyfish and sea jellies are the informal common names given to the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, a major part of the phylum Cnidaria. Jellyfish are mainly free-swimming marine animals with umbrella-shaped bells and trailing tentacles, although a few are anchored to the seabed by stalks rather than being mobile. The bell can pulsate to provide propulsion for highly efficient animal locomotion, locomotion. The tentacles are armed with Cnidocyte, stinging cells and may be used to capture prey and defend against predators. Jellyfish have a complex Biological life cycle, life cycle; the medusa is normally the sexual phase, which produces planula larvae that disperse widely and enter a sedentary polyp (zoology), polyp phase before reaching sexual maturity. Jellyfish are found all over the world, from surface waters to the deep sea. Scyphozoans (the "true jellyfish") are exclusively marine habitats, marine, but some hydrozoans with a simila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhopilema Esculentum
''Rhopilema esculentum'', the flame jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish native to the warm temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean. It is a popular seafood in southeastern Asia. In the 1980s, research was undertaken in China into its aquaculture, and it is now bred in ponds in that country before being released into the sea to grow to a mature size suitable for the fishery. Description Like other members of the order Rhizostomae, the medusa stage of ''Rhopilema esculentum'' has no tentacles at the margin of the bell. Instead, underneath the bell it has eight highly branched oral arms, fused at the base and with numerous secondary mouth openings. The bell is rigid, tough and thick with a smooth surface. It is usually suffused with red. Distribution and habitat ''Rhopilema esculentum'' is found in western Japan, the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the North Malayan Sea. It drifts with the currents and is found near the surface in calm weather. It is swept in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhopilema Hispidum
''Rhopilema'' is a genus of jellyfish. Species include: * '' Rhopilema esculentum'' ("Bizen kurage") Kishinouye 1891 * '' Rhopilema hispidum'' ("Hizen kurage") Vanhoffen 1888 * '' Rhopilema nomadica'', (Indo-Pacific nomadic jellyfish) a dangerously venomous Indo-Pacific species recently introduced to the Mediterranean Sea * '' Rhopilema rhopalophorum'' Haeckel, 1880 Rhopilema rhopalophora is a synonym. * '' Rhopilema verrilli'' References External links * * Rhizostomatidae Scyphozoan genera Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel {{Scyphozoa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhopilema Nomadica
''Rhopilema nomadica'', the nomad jellyfish, is a jellyfish indigenous to tropical warm waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Since 1970's it has been also found in Mediterranean Sea, where it entered via the Suez Canal The Suez Canal ( arz, قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The long canal is a popular ... ( Lessepsian migration). It has been found in the Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Lebanon, Israel, Turkey, and in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece. ''R. nomadica'''s body is light blue and the bell is rounded. It can grow up to 10 kg of weight, and its bell is commonly 40–60 cm in diameter, but can be up to 90 cm. The European Union lists it as one of the worst invasive marine species in European waters. Effects on humans ''R. nomadica'' can cause very painful injuries to humans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhopilema Rhopalophorum
''Rhopilema'' is a genus of jellyfish. Species include: * '' Rhopilema esculentum'' ("Bizen kurage") Kishinouye 1891 * ''Rhopilema hispidum ''Rhopilema'' is a genus of jellyfish. Species include: * '' Rhopilema esculentum'' ("Bizen kurage") Kishinouye 1891 * '' Rhopilema hispidum'' ("Hizen kurage") Vanhoffen 1888 * '' Rhopilema nomadica'', (Indo-Pacific nomadic jellyfish) a danger ...'' ("Hizen kurage") Vanhoffen 1888 * '' Rhopilema nomadica'', (Indo-Pacific nomadic jellyfish) a dangerously venomous Indo-Pacific species recently introduced to the Mediterranean Sea * '' Rhopilema rhopalophorum'' Haeckel, 1880 Rhopilema rhopalophora is a synonym. * '' Rhopilema verrilli'' References External links * * Rhizostomatidae Scyphozoan genera Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel {{Scyphozoa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhopilema Verrilli
''Rhopilema verrilli'', or mushroom cap jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Rhizostomatidae. They are cnidarian invertebrates distinguished by their mushroom-shaped medusae. The species does not have any tentacles; however, they still have stinging cells, called nematocysts, within their bells, which can produce mild stings to humans. Taxonomy "Mushroom cap jellyfish" and "sea mushroom jellyfish" are common names for the rare ''Rhopilema verrili''. Their common name refers to the shape of the medusa, which resembles a mushroom cap. ''Rhopilema verrilli,'' originally ''Nectopilema verrilli'', was named by Fewkes (1887) after a specimen found in the New Haven Harbor of Connecticut. The mushroom jellyfish is often confused with the cannonball jellyfish. Both species lack tentacles, but the ''R. verrilli'' has finger-shaped arms, while the ''S. meleagris'' does not. The mushroom jellyfish is also much flatter, softer, and larger as it can be up to 51 cm o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhizostomatidae
Rhizostomatidae is a family of cnidarians in the class Scyphozoa. Genera and species According to the World Register of Marine Species, 11 extant species are in four extant genera within this family: *Genus ''Eupilema'' **''Eupilema inexpectata'' Pages, Gili & Bouillon, 1992 *Genus '' Nemopilema'' **'' Nemopilema nomurai'' Kishinouye, 1922 *Genus ''Rhizostoma'' Cuvier, 1800 **''Rhizostoma luteum'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) **''Rhizostoma octopus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) **''Rhizostoma pulmo'' (Macri, 1778) *Genus '' Rhopilema'' Haeckel, 1880 **'' Rhopilema esculentum'' Kishinouye, 1891 **'' Rhopilema hispidum'' **'' Rhopilema nomadica'' **''Rhopilema rhopalophora'' (Haeckel) **'' Rhopilema rhopalophorum'' Haeckel, 1880 **'' Rhopilema verrilli'' Extinct taxa * Genus †'' Essexella'' * Genus †'' Simplicibrachia'', is known from fossils in the Ypresian-aged Monte Bolca Monte Bolca is a lagerstätte near Verona, Italy that was one of the first fossil sites with high quality preser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scyphozoan Genera
The Scyphozoa are an exclusively marine class of the phylum Cnidaria, referred to as the true jellyfish (or "true jellies"). The class name Scyphozoa comes from the Greek word ''skyphos'' (), denoting a kind of drinking cup and alluding to the cup shape of the organism. Scyphozoans have existed from the earliest Cambrian to the present. Biology Most species of Scyphozoa have two life-history phases, including the planktonic medusa or polyp form, which is most evident in the warm summer months, and an inconspicuous, but longer-lived, bottom-dwelling polyp, which seasonally gives rise to new medusae. Most of the large, often colorful, and conspicuous jellyfish found in coastal waters throughout the world are Scyphozoa. They typically range from in diameter, but the largest species, ''Cyanea capillata'' can reach across. Scyphomedusae are found throughout the world's oceans, from the surface to great depths; no Scyphozoa occur in freshwater (or on land). As medusae, they eat a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
