| Family: |
Mastigiidae () |
| Max. size: |
7 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic; marine |
| Distribution: |
Western Indian Ocean: Tanzania and Madagascar. |
| Diagnosis: |
7 cm wide, flatly rounded; valer lappets semisircular, six in each octant, the two median lappets split; subumbrella and mouth-arms with white spots; mouth-arms twice as long as disk raius, the simple upper part somewhat longer than the lower three-winged part; terminal appendage long and club-shaped; intracircular mesh-work of canals with large, open meshes; about seven canal-roots in each octant, all rhopalar canals with anastomoses. |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
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