Chrysaora melanaster Brandt, 1838
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Family:  Pelagiidae ()
Max. size:  60 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Arctic, North Atlantic and North Pacific.
Diagnosis:  Up to 30 cm wide, about 0ne-third as high as wide; marginal lappets of almost equal size and shape; septa between stomach pouches straight, rhopalar pouches in middle portion somewhat broader, at margin considerably narrower than the tentacular pouches; 3 to 5 tentacles per octant; 32 radiating reddish or brown streaks on exumbrella and moreover 16 radiating dark brown, almost black, streaks on subumbrella below the septa between the stomach pouches.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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