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Cephea octostyla
Cephea octostyla (Forsskål, 1775)
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Family:  Cepheidae ()
Max. size:  9 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Singapore, Philippines, Australia.
Diagnosis:  9 cm wide, 2 cm high, exumbrella flat, rim vertical; exumbrella with a zone of numerous low warts leaving central portion free; about 72 marginal lappets, 7 velar and 2 ocular in each octant, rectangular, separated by very slightly indentations which are spanned by a web; 8 bifurcated moutharms with numerous short filaments, and in middle region 4 to 12 long, tapering, wart covering filaments.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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