Stomolophus meleagris

Author
L. Agassiz, 1862
Common Names
  • Cannonball Jellyfish
  • Cannonball Jelly
  • Cabbagehead

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
85 meters
Overall Geographic Range
E and W America, Japan
Habitat-Biology
  • estuarine
  • neritic
  • potentially pathogenic
References

  • Burke, W. D. 1975. Pelagic Cnidaria of Mississippi Sound and adjacent waters. Gulf Research Reports 5: 23–28.

  • Gómez-Aguirre, S. 1980. Variación estacional de grandes medusas (Scyphozoa) en un sistema de lagunas costeras del sur del Golfo de México (1977/78). Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico, São Paulo 29: 183–185.

  • Gómez-Aguirre, S., and L. Uribe-Ortega. 1980. Formas juveniles de Stomolophus meleagris (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) de las Lagunas Costeras de Tabasco (1977–1978). Anales del Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Serie Zoología 12:

  • Phillips, P. J. 1972. The pelagic Cnidaria of the Gulf of Mexico: zoogeography, ecology and systematics [dissertation]. Texas A&M University.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Segura-Puertas, L., L. Celis, and L. Chiaverano. 2009. Medusozoans (Cnidaria: Cubozoa, Scyphozoa, and Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 369–379 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-14-2024.

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