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Rhizostomatidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Cnidaria › Scyphozoa › Rhizostomeae › Rhizostomatidae

Rhizostoma pulmo, the barrel jellyfish, is a large moderately venomous scyphomedusa found across several Atlantic and Mediterranean waters.

Rhizostoma octopus is a marine jellyfish found in northeastern Atlantic waters, preyed on by leatherback sea turtles and harvested for collagen.

Rhopilema verrilli is a species of scyphozoan mushroom jellyfish found in the western Atlantic off North America.

Rhopilema nomadica, the nomad jellyfish, is an invasive large jellyfish native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans now found in the Mediterranean.

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