Species FAO code: RQU

Rhopilema esculentum

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Chinesische Wurzelmundqualle	–
Germany	de Chinesische Wurzelmundqualle	–
Italy	it Medusa indopacifica	–

Main production methods

Caught

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye, 1891

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

List item: Pacific, Northwest

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye, 1891

Scientific name

Rhopilema esculentum

Author

Kishinouye, 1891

Rank

Species

FAO code

RQU

Taxonomic classification

ClassScyphozoa
- OrderRhizostomeae
  - FamilyRhizostomatidae
    - GenusRhopilema
      - SpeciesRhopilema esculentum

Synonyms

Rhopilema asamushi Uchida, 1927
Rhopilema esculenta Kishinouye, 1891

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye, 1891

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

0308 — Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, fit for human consumption
- 0308 30 — Jellyfish (Rhopilema spp.)
  - 0308 30 10 — Live, fresh or chilled
  - 0308 30 30 — Smoked, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
  - 0308 30 50 — Frozen
  - 0308 30 90 — Other

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