Rhizostomatidae
Family of jellyfishes
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Rhizostomatidae is a family of cnidarians in the class Scyphozoa.[1]
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| Rhizostoma pulmo | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Suborder: | Dactyliophorae |
| Family: | Rhizostomatidae Cuvier, 1799 |
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Genera and species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, 11 extant species are in four extant genera within this family:
- Genus Eupilema[2]
- Eupilema inexpectata Pages, Gili & Bouillon, 1992
- Genus Nemopilema[3]
- Nemopilema nomurai Kishinouye, 1922
- Genus Rhizostoma Cuvier, 1800[4]
- Rhizostoma luteum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827)
- Rhizostoma octopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rhizostoma pulmo (Macri, 1778)
- Genus Rhopilema Haeckel, 1880[5]
- Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye, 1891
- Rhopilema hispidum
- Rhopilema nomadica
- Rhopilema rhopalophora (Haeckel)
- Rhopilema rhopalophorum Haeckel, 1880
- Rhopilema verrilli
Extinct taxa
- Genus †Marejellia Žalohar, Gašparič & Hitij, 2025 - Middle Miocene of Slovenia (Tunjice Hills lagerstatte)[6]
- Genus †Simplicibrachia Broglio Loriga & Sala Manservigi, 1973 - Ypresian of Italy (Monte Bolca lagerstatte)[7]
