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Chrysaora lactea
Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz,1829
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Family:  Pelagiidae ()
Max. size:  8 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: Cuba to Argentina, Brazil and the Caribbean Sea.
Diagnosis:  Up to 8 cm wide; clefts in lappets adjacent to the rhopalia fully as deep as those between the remaining lappets; septa between stomach pouches straight until very near margin; usually five, sometimes 7 or 9 tentacles per octant, the two secondary tentacles in each octant about half, the two tertiary about one-fourth as long as the median, primary tentacles, the others sucessively diminishing in length towards both sides; all tentacles issuing from clefts between lappets.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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