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Encyclopedia > Cotylorhiza tuberculata
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Cotylorhiza tuberculata
Mediterranean jelly
Mediterranean jelly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomae
Family: Cepheidae
Genus: Cotylorhiza
Species: C. tuberculata

Cotylorhiza tuberculata is a species of jellyfish, also known as the Mediterranean jelly or fried egg jellyfish. It is commonly found in the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea and Adriatic Sea. Capable of growing as large as 35cm in diameter, the Mediterranean jelly, unlike many others of its species, is capable of autonomous movement without relying on the current. Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Classes Anthozoa - Corals and sea anemones Scyphozoa - Jellyfish Staurozoa - Stalked jellyfish Cubozoa - Sea wasps or box jellyfish Polypodiozoa Hydrozoa - Hydroids, hydra-like animals Cnidaria[1] (IPA: [2]) is a phylum containing some 11,000 species of relatively simple animals found exclusively in aquatic, mostly marine, environments. ... This article is about jellyfish, the sea creatures. ... Families See text Rhizostomae is an order of jellyfish. ... In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ... Orders Stauromedusae Coronatae Semaeostomeae Rhizostomae Jellyfish are marine invertebrates belonging to the Scyphozoan class, and in turn the phylum Cnidaria. ... Composite satellite image of the Mediterranean Sea. ... Look up Aegean Sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... A centimetre (American spelling centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length that is equal to one hundredth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length. ...




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