Talk:Nomura's jellyfish
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This page is *very* close to a Copyright Violation. See http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1910322,00.html
At best, this page is worded as a news article. Needs to be re-written. -Mr.Logic 15:45, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
- I tried cleaning up some parts, as well as adding some more balanced information to tone down the almost editorial claims that were present. Needs more work. Bobak 18:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
According to CNN, the jelly fish aren't toxic enough to be a serious threat to humans. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/19/japan.jellyfish.reut/index.html
[edit] Scientific information
This is a fun topic, virtually all of the information to be found on this Jellyfish originates with news articles referencing the current impact on Japan's fishing industry. So far none of these articles have bothered to list their sources for their information, which makes finding accurate scientific information on the Nomura like finding a needle in a haystack. I will keep adding information as I can find it. Coldbourne 20:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
- I agree; I had to do some very extensive searching to try and find the proper taxonomic family for this today, and found some indications that the genus had changed in 2004. (I still don't know what family it's in.) That's why I added this, based on [1], [2]:
- M. Omori and M. Kitamura (2004) Taxonomic review of three Japanese species of edible jellyfish (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae), Plankton Biol. Ecol. 51(1): 36-51.
- Specimens of three edible jellyfish from Japan, i.e. "Bizen kurage", "Hizen kurage", and "Echizen kurage", are re-examined and re-described so that their nomenclature is stabilized. The "Bizen kurage" is Rhopilema esculentum Kishinouye 1891, and the "Hizen kurage" is Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhoffen 1888). The "Echizen kurage" is a distinct species of the genus Nemopilema. We propose to revive the original name Nemopilema nomurai Kishinouye 1922 from the more commonly used Stomolophus nomurai. The taxonomic position of N. nomurai within the Scapulatae is discussed.
Can you explain why you removed it? Thank you. — Catherine\talk 01:00, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
According to this article, they're more common in Chinese and Korean waters than Japan's.. I've yet to find a truly reliable information source, however.
[edit] Taxonomy
I have changed this article to correspond to the recent taxonomic review. I just did an assignment on it and all the recent articles seem to be using this name. It appears the new classification has been accepted. Thebike 08:05, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] stingers?
oooh-kay... aside from the endless nightmares, this thing has raised a few questions. the first one is: do these jellyfish have stingers? (Please respond on my talk page.) tinlv7 01:03, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
