Identification of jellyfish species is challenging, even for taxonomic experts, due to their fragile forms and complex, morphologically-distinct life-history stages. DNA barcoding along with the morphological characters would complement the species identification. In the present study, a jellyfish collected from the Juhu beach, Mumbai coast, Maharashtra, India was identified based on the morphology and molecular markers. Visual morphological characters indicate that the specimen belongs to the genus Rhopilema. The partial gene of nuclear Internal Transcribed Spacer 1 was amplified, sequenced and subjected to similarity analysis with the NCBI GenBank database. The analysis showed a similarity of 99 % with the reported Rhopilema hispidum and confirmed the species identity. In the Neighbour-joining tree, the present study specimen is clustered with R. hispidum reported from Malaysia.

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来自印度孟买海岸的水母Rhopilema hispidum（Vanhöffen，1888）（Shyphozoa：Rhizostomatidae）的形态学和分子学文献

即便对于分类学专家而言，水母种类的鉴定也具有挑战性，因为它们的形态易碎，而且生活史阶段复杂，形态上截然不同。DNA条形码以及形态特征将有助于物种鉴定。在本研究中，根据形态学和分子标记物，鉴定了从印度马哈拉施特拉邦孟买海岸的巨虎海滩采集的水母。视觉形态学特征表明该标本属于Rhopilema属。核内转录间隔子1的部分基因被扩增，测序并与NCBI GenBank数据库进行相似性分析。分析表明，与报道的Rhopilema hispidum有99％的相似性并确认了物种身份。在邻居相邻的树中，本研究标本与马来西亚报道的红皮罗勒菌（R. hispidum）成簇。