Stomolophus

Stomolophus is a genus of true jellyfish from the West Atlantic and Pacific.^[1] It is the only genus in the monotypic family Stomolophidae. Formerly, Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai) was also included in this genus, but has now been reclassified to the family Rhizostomatidae.^[2]

Stomolophus
Stomolophus meleagris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Rhizostomeae
Suborder:	Dactyliophorae
Family:	Stomolophidae Haeckel, 1880
Genus:	Stomolophus L. Agassiz, 1862
Species
2 species, see text

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, Stomolophus includes two species:^[3]

• Stomolophus fritillarius
• Stomolophus meleagris – the cannonball or cabbagehead jellyfish

References

1. "Stopmolophidae Haeckel, 1880". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. Omori, Makoto; Kitamura, Minoru (2004). "Taxonomic review of three Japanese species of edible jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae)" (PDF). Plankton Biology and Ecology. 51 (1): 36–51.
3. "Stomolophus Agassiz, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 August 2023.