Cotylorhiza tuberculata | |
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Two examples of the species (upper from the Ionian Sea, Italy, lower from the Sant'Antioco, Sardinia) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Scyphozoa |
Order: | Rhizostomeae |
Family: | Cepheidae |
Genus: | Cotylorhiza |
Species: | C. tuberculata
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Binomial name | |
Cotylorhiza tuberculata (Macri, 1778)
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Cotylorhiza tuberculata is a species of jellyfish of the phylum Cnidaria, also known as the Mediterranean jellyfish, Mediterranean jelly, or fried egg jellyfish. It is commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, and Adriatic Sea.