AnimaliaNot EvaluatedacceptedspeciesAccepted
Rhopilema nomadica

Rhopilema nomadica

Galil, 1990

GBIF:155436208

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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GEOGRAPHY

Distribution Map

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(25)

East Mediterranean
Levantine Sea
introduced
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Cypriote part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(CY)
introduced
Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(EG)
introduced
Greek part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(GR)
introduced
Greek part of the Aegean Sea(GR)
introduced
Greek part of the Aegean Sea(GR)
introduced
Greek part of the Aegean Sea(GR)
introduced
Greek part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(GR)
introduced
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(IL)
introduced
Italian part of the Tyrrhenian Sea(IT)
introduced
Italian part of the Tyrrhenian Sea(IT)
introduced
Italian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(IT)
introduced
Italian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(IT)
introduced
Lebanese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(LB)
introduced
Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(MT)
introduced
Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(TN)
introduced
Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin(TN)
introduced
Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin(TN)
introduced
Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin(TN)
introduced
Turkish part of the Aegean Sea(TR)
introduced
Turkish part of the Aegean Sea(TR)
introduced
Kamaran Island(YE)

DATA

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (130 nucleotides; 116 proteins)

NCBI:txid42738

UNKNOWN

Occurrences with images

CITATIONS

References(18)

  • 1

    Abu El Regal, M.; Temraz, T. (2016). Blooming of nomad jelly fish Rhopilema nomadica along the Egyptian Mediterranean coasts. <em>Rap. Comm. Int. Mer Medit.</em> 41: 490.

    additional source
  • 2

    Balistreri, P.; Ghelia, M. (2015). First record of Rhopilema nomadica from Italy. <em>Medit. Mar. Sci.</em> 16/3: 685.

    additional source
  • 3

    Balistreri, P.; Spiga, A.; Deidun, A.; Gueroun, S.; Daly Yahia, M. N. (2017). Further spread of the venomous jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica Galil, Spannier & Ferguson, 1990 (Rhizostomeae, Rhizostomatidae) in the western Mediterranean. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 6(1): 19-24.

  • 4

    Deidun, A.; Arrigo, S.; Piraino, S. (2011). The westernmost record of Rhopilema nomadica (Galil, 1990) in the Mediterranean – off the Maltese Islands. Aquatic Invasions 6(Suppl. 1): S99-S103.

    additional source
  • 5

    Douek, J.; Giallongo, G.; Harbuzov, Z.; Galil, B. S.; Rinkevich, B. (2024). Long-Term Population Genetic Features of the Rhopilema nomadica Jellyfish from the Israeli Mediterranean Coasts. <em>Journal of Marine Science and Engineering.</em> 12(1): 171.

    additional sourceDOI: 10.3390/jmse12010171
  • 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
    155436208
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2264597
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:232032
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026