WoRMS taxon details
Rhizostoma octopus (Gmelin, 1791)
152203 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152203)
accepted
Species
Cassiopea Borlase Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
Medusa octopus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhizostoma Cuvieri Péron & Lesueur, 1810 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Medusa octopus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
Type locality contained in Cornwall
type locality contained in Cornwall [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Cartwright, P. (2025). World List of Scyphozoa. Rhizostoma octopus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152203 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rhizostoma Cuvieri Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Cassiopea Borlase Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Medusa octopus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 362 [details]
original description (of Cassiopea Borlase Péron & Lesueur, 1810) Péron F. & Lesueur C.A. (1810). Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. <em>Annales du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris.</em> 14: 325-366., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3498981
page(s): 357 [details]
original description (of Medusa octopus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 646-647 [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 646-647 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Common on Belgian coasts in autumn. Young medusa are rarely seen. Two medusa of 1.5 cm and one of 5.0 cm were seen in June 2002 in the marina of Zeebrugge [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | zeepaddestoelzeepaddenstoel | [details] |
| English | rhizostome jellyfishrhizostomeblue cabbage blebbarrel jellyfish | [details] |
| French | rhizostome de merrhizostomepoumons de mer | [details] |
| German | Blumenkohlqualleblaue Lungenqualle | [details] |
| Swedish | lungmanet | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (63 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Rhizostoma Cuvieri Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhizostoma octopus)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 143 proteins) (from synonym Medusa octopus Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 143 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (63 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Rhizostoma Cuvieri Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Rhizostoma octopus)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 143 proteins) (from synonym Medusa octopus Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (144 nucleotides; 143 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
