''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:
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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 ...
'' ("Bizen kurage")
Kishinouye 1891
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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 dangerou ...
'' ("Hizen kurage")
Vanhoffen 1888
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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 (Lessepsian migration) ...
'', (Indo-Pacific nomadic jellyfish) a dangerously venomous Indo-Pacific species recently introduced to the Mediterranean Sea
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Rhopilema rhopalophorum
''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 dangerous ...
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Haeckel, 1880 Rhopilema rhopalophora is a synonym.
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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 s ...
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Rhizostomatidae
Scyphozoan genera
Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel
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