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Rhopilema esculentum

Rhopilema esculentum

Japanese edible jellyfish(+7)·Kishinouye, 1891

GBIF:155436205

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Marine

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Extant

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Geographic Distribution(1)

Indo West Pacific

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 6 languages.

engJapanese edible jellyfishengjpnbizen kuragejpnnldeetbare kwalnlddeueßbare Wurzelmundqualledeuengflame jellyfisheng+3 more

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 6 languages.

engJapanese edible jellyfish
eng
Source: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. <em>PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.</em>
jpnbizen kurage
jpn
nldeetbare kwal
nld
Source: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. <em>VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001.</em> Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
deueßbare Wurzelmundqualle
deu
Source: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. <em>VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001.</em> Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
engflame jellyfish
eng
Source: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. <em>VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001.</em> Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
framéduse comestible
fra
Source: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. <em>VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001.</em> Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.
rusРопилема съедобная
rus
Source: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. <em>PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.</em>
jpnビゼンクラゲ
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (32482 nucleotides; 21551 proteins)

NCBI:txid499914

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References(5)

  • 1

    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
  • 2

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

    additional source
  • 3

    Kishinouye, K. (1891). Bizen kurage. <em>Zoological magazine (Dobutsugaku zasshi).</em> 3(28): 53.

    original description
  • 4

    Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.

    additional source
  • 5

    Omori, M. & M. Kitamura. (2004). Taxonomic review of three Japanese species of edible jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae). <em>Plankton Biology and Ecology.</em> 51(1): 36-51.

    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
    155436205
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2264595
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287187
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026