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Stomolophus meleagris

Stomolophus meleagris

Kanonenkugel-Qualle(+3)·Agassiz, 1860

GBIF:155436151

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(7)

Gulf of Mexico
Western North Atlantic
North Pacific Ocean
Colombian part of the Caribbean Sea(CO)
Colombian part of the North Pacific Ocean(CO)
Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin(TN)
introduced
Georgia(US)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages.

deuKanonenkugel-Qualledeuengcabbageheadengengcannonball jellyengengcannonball jellyfisheng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages.

deuKanonenkugel-Qualle
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engcabbagehead
eng
Source: Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai & D.M. Opresko. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. 2nd ed. <em>American Fisheries Society Special Publication, Bethesda, Maryland.</em> 28:1-115.
engcannonball jelly
eng
Source: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
engcannonball jellyfish
eng
Source: Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Cutress, W.C. Jaap, D.G. Fautin, R.J. Larson, G.R. Harbison, M.N. Arai & D.M. Opresko. (2002). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora. 2nd ed. <em>American Fisheries Society Special Publication, Bethesda, Maryland.</em> 28:1-115.

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (92 nucleotides; 57 proteins)

NCBI:txid168796

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(9)

  • 1

    Agassiz, L. (1860). Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. 3 :1-301.

    original description
  • 2

    Calder, D. R. (2009). Cubozoan and Scyphozoan jellyfishes of the Carolinian biogeographic province, southeastern USA. <em>Royal Ontario Museum Contributions in Science.</em> 3, 1-58.

    additional source
  • 3

    F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

    basis of record
  • 4

    Haeckel, E. (1880). Das System der Acraspeden. 2te Hälfte des Systems der Medusen. Acht Nachträge zur Vervollständigung des Systems. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 2: 361-672, plates 21-40.

    additional source
  • 5

    Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-18.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155436151
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2264558
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291140
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026