Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Rhopilema hispidum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Rhopilema nomadica
- Rhizostoma luteum
- Lychnorhiza lucerna
- Catostylus tagi
- Rhopilema verrilli
- Acromitus flagellatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Scyphozoa
- Order
- Rhizostomeae
- Family
- Rhizostomatidae
- Genus
- Rhopilema
- Species
- Rhopilema hispidum
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