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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Scyphozoa
Subclassis: Discomedusae
Ordo: Rhizostomeae

Familia: Rhizostomatidae
Genus: Rhizostoma
Species: R. luteum – R. octopus – R. pulmo
Name

Rhizostoma Cuvier, 1800
References

Rhizostoma – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Rhizostoma is a genus of medium to large rhizostomatid jellyfish found in the East Atlantic Ocean (North Sea and British Isles to South Africa) and Mediterranean Sea.[1][2][3]
References

Holst, S.; I. Sötje; H. Tiemann; and G. Jarms (2007). Life cycle of the rhizostome jellyfish Rhizostoma octopus (L.) (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae), with studies on cnidocysts and statoliths. Mar Biol 151(5): 1695–1710. doi:10.1007/s00227-006-0594-8.
Kienberger, K.; and L. Prieto (2018). The jellyfish Rhizostoma luteum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827): not such a rare species after all. Marine Biodiversity 48(3): 1455–1462. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0637-z
Prieto, L.; A. Enrique-Navarro; R.L. Volsi; and M.J. Ortega (2018). The Large Jellyfish Rhizostoma luteum as Sustainable a Resource for Antioxidant Properties, Nutraceutical Value and Biomedical Applications. Mar. Drugs 16: 396. doi:10.3390/md16100396

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