Taxonomic review of three Japanese species of edible jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae)

Plankton Biology and Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-51

  Omori, Makoto ^a   Kitamura, Minoru ^b  

^a Akajima Marine Science Laboratory   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bizen kuraga; Echizen kurage; Edible jellyfish; Hizen kurage; Rhizostomeae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

RHIZOSTOMEAE; RHOPILEMA ESCULENTUM; RHOPILEMA HISPIDUM; SCYPHOZOA; STOMOLOPHUS;

EID: 1842629838     PISSN: 13430874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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