Rhopilema

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Rhopilema Higher classification Rhizostomatidae Order Rhizostomae		Family Rhizostomatidae Phylum Cnidaria Rank Genus Subclass Discomedusae

Lower classifications Rhopilema esculentum, Rhopilema nomadica

Nomadic jellyfish rhopilema nomadica in mediterranean ms zenobia wreck cyprus

Rhopilema is a genus of jellyfishes.

Species include

Rhopilema esculentum ("Bizen kurage") Kishinouye 1891

Rhopilema hispidum ("Hizen kurage") Vanhoffen 1888

Rhopilema nomadica, (Indo-Pacific nomadic jellyfish) a dangerously venomous Indo-Pacific species recently migrated the Mediterranean Sea

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