''Rhopilema'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
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 umbrell ...
.
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''
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Rhizostomatidae
Scyphozoan genera
Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel
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