Stomolophus meleagris
Stomolophus meleagris Agassiz, 1862
Cannonball jellyfish
Stomolophus meleagris
photo by O'Keefe, Jo

Family:  Stomolophidae ()
Max. size:  18 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 85 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific: Tropical to temperate.
Diagnosis:  Up to 18 cm wide, half egg shaped or almost globular; number of velar lappets variable, about 14 in each octant, grooves between them short, all alike; scapules large, extending to or beyond level of bell margin; the free, bifurcate ends of the mouth-arms flare outwards, the lateral branches long.
Biology:  Neritic, estuarine, potentially pathogenic (Ref. 116114). Feeds on bivalve veligers, gastropod veligers, copepod eggs, nauplii, copepodites and adults, and Oikopleura sp. (Ref. 106824).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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