Family: |
Rhizostomatidae () |
Max. size: |
35 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
Environment: |
pelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 85 m |
Distribution: |
Western Atlantic: USA and Canada. |
Diagnosis: |
35 m wide, thick and rigid; centre of exumbrella smooth, lappets with many shallow furrows, and near margin numerous minute elevations; in each octant 6 large oval velar lappets mouth arms with 26 to 60 blunt, spindle-shaped appendages besprinkled with nematocyst warts, each arm with a large, tapering terminal appendage. |
Biology: |
Estuarine, neritic, potentially pathogenic (Ref. 116114). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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Threat to humans: |
harmless |
Country info: |
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