Lobonemoides gracilis
Lobonemoides gracilis Light, 1914
White type
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Family:  Lobonematidae ()
Max. size:  46 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic-neritic; marine
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific: from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to western Australia and Okinawa Japan.
Diagnosis:  5 to 8.5 cm wide, transparent; exumbrella with a few scattered, small, slender papillae, up to 0.2 cm long; 14 rhopalia, 28 radial canals, all reaching the margin; 4 large pointed triangular velar lappets between two small ocular.
Biology:  Depth estimate based on ecology. Found along coasts (Refs. 97578, 116581, 122797) (Ref. 2992).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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