Cotylorhiza tuberculata

Cotylorhiza tuberculata
Mediterranean jelly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Cepheidae
Genus: Cotylorhiza
Species: C. tuberculata
Binomial name
Cotylorhiza tuberculata
(Macri, 1778)
Synonyms

Medusa tuberculata
Cassiopea borbonica
Cephea tuberculata
Cotylorhiza microtuberculata

Cotylorhiza tuberculata is a species of jellyfish, also known as the Mediterranean jelly or fried egg jellyfish. It is commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea and Adriatic Sea. It can reach 35 cm in diameter. It seems that this jellyfish's sting has very little or no effect on humans.

Description

Mediterranean Jellyfish from the Adriatic Sea

C. tuberculata is usually less than 17 cm wide. The smooth, elevated dome is surrounded by a gutter-like ring. The marginal lappets are elongated and subrectangular. Each mouth-arm bifurcates near its base and branches several times. In addition to some larger appendages there are many short, club-shaped ones that bear disk-like ends.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Kramp 1961

References

Video

Cotylorhiza tuberculata bloom in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece (summer 2012)

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