Family: |
Rhizostomatidae () |
Max. size: |
30 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
Environment: |
pelagic; marine |
Distribution: |
Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Portugal, Gibraltar, Angola, Mauritania and West Africa. |
Diagnosis: |
Up to 60 m wide, usually highly arched, thick and rigid, exumbrella finely granulated; 8 to 12 small velar lappets per octant; total length of mouth-arms about equal to disk diameter, proximal portion about as long as distal 3-winged portion, terminal clubs about one-third of the total length of the arms, triangular in cross section; sub genital papillae represented by a thickened valve on the outer edge of each sub genital pit. |
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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