Rhizostomatidae () |
70 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
pelagic-neritic; marine |
Indo-West Pacific: from Gulf of Aden north to Japan and east to Pacific.. |
25 to 34 cm wide, exumbrella with numerous small, sharp-pointed, conical projections; in each octant about eight valer lappets, oblong, rounded; moutharms terminante in a lrge clubshaped appendage with a faceted, swollen end, other club-shaped appendages between the mouths on the three wings. |
Depth estimate based on habitat data from its ecology. Found in coastal waters (Refs. 63414, 122791), in a bay (Ref. 122790) and estuary (Ref. 122791). Commensals: host to a few fishes (carangid, eel larvae, ponyfish), a shrimp, a crab, a copepod, and a flatworm (Ref. 116535). Also associated with the ophiuroid Ophiocnemis marmorata Ref. 122791). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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