Phacellophora camtschatica Brandt, 1835 Fried egg jellyfish |
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Family: | Ulmaridae (), subfamily: Aureliinae | |||
Max. size: | 60 cm WD (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | benthopelagic; marine; depth range 50 - 330 m | |||
Distribution: | Arctic. Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Western Indian Ocean: from China to Alaska, south to Argentina and east to Oman. | |||
Diagnosis: | Up to 50 to 60 cm wide; 16 wide, simple velar lappets containing 5 to 8 simple, blindly ending centrifugal canals; tentacles in 16 clusters arising in a single row below the ring canal, each group curved with the concavity outwards. | |||
Biology: | Reported to have symbiotic hyperiids on its subumbrella (Ref. 116551). | |||
IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
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