🪼Nomura's jellyfish
Nomura's jellyfish is a very large rhizostome jellyfish, in the same size class as the lion's mane jellyfish, the largest cnidarian in the world. It is edible but not considered high quality. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Nemopilema. Commonly found in the waters of East Asia, they can negatively affect fisheries due to their large size and quantity. As a form of combating the large blooms, recent studies attempt to find new uses for the large jellyfish such as studying its venom for medical applications.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Nemopilema nomurai yet.
- Body mass
- 200 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 1 years
Everything we know about the Nomura's jellyfish
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass200 kgmaximum recordedSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan1 yearsmaximum recordedSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Danger to humansharmlessSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Bell width2 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameterSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l200 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Nomura's jellyfish yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumCnidaria
- ›classScyphozoa
- ›orderRhizostomeae
- ›familyRhizostomatidae
- ›genusNemopilema
- ›speciesNemopilema nomurai
- phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
- orderRhizostomeae
- familyRhizostomatidae
- genusNemopilema
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
- classScyphozoa
- subclassDiscomedusae
- orderRhizostomeae
- familyRhizostomatidae
- genusNemopilema
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