🪼Rhizostoma pulmo
Rhizostoma pulmo, commonly known as the barrel jellyfish, the dustbin-lid jellyfish or the frilly-mouthed jellyfish, is a scyphomedusa in the family Rhizostomatidae. It is found in the northeast Atlantic, and in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It is also known from the southern Atlantic off the western South African coast and into False Bay. They are found typically in late summer, and early fall in increased populations, known as blooms. This is due to higher temperatures and other environmental factors such as wind.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Rhizostoma pulmo yet.
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Everything we know about the Rhizostoma pulmo
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Bell width0.6 mtypical adult, width / bell diameterSeaLifeBaseOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.9 mSeaLifeBasev25.04
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumCnidaria
- ›classScyphozoa
- ›orderRhizostomeae
- ›familyRhizostomatidae
- ›genusRhizostoma
- ›speciesRhizostoma pulmo
- phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
- orderRhizostomeae
- familyRhizostomatidae
- genusRhizostoma
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
- classScyphozoa
- subclassDiscomedusae
- orderRhizostomeae
- familyRhizostomatidae
- genusRhizostoma
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