Catostylus ornatellus (Vanhöffen, 1888)
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Family:  Catostylidae ()
Max. size:  5.5 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Southeast Pacific: Ecuador.
Diagnosis:  5.5 wide; flatly rounded, granular surface with lines over lappets; in each octant eight large, bluntly pointed velar and two small, sharp-pointed ocular lappets; mouth arms one half to two thirds the length of bell radius, distal three-winged portion as long as proximal simple portion, without appendages; intracircular mesh-work of canals very broad, reaching inwards almost to the arm-disk, with very broad anastomoses.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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