''Stomolophus'' is a genus of
true jellyfish
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 ...
from the West Atlantic and Pacific. It is the only genus in the
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
family Stomolophidae. Formerly,
Nomura's jellyfish (''Nemopilema nomurai'') was also included in this genus, but has now been reclassified to the family
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 inexpect ...
.
Species
According to the ''
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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'', ''Stomolophus'' includes two species:
*''
Stomolophus fritillarius''
*''
Stomolophus meleagris'' - the cannonball or cabbagehead jellyfish
References
Daktyliophorae
Scyphozoan genera
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