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Porpita porpita
Porpita porpita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Blue button
Porpita porpita
photo by Shek O@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Family:  Porpitidae ()
Max. size:  0.25 cm H (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Cosmopolitan in warmer waters.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Pleustonic, found in the oceanic surface and epipelagic (Ref. 116013). Feeds on small animals the lives on two dimensional ecosystem. Medusae rarely seen on field. Known from surface (Refs.1663, 86643) or near surface water layers, including porpitids and the halopelagic Sargassum sp. fauna (Ref. 86643).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:   
 

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