| Family: |
Lobonematidae () |
| Max. size: |
46 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
pelagic-neritic; marine |
| Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: from Bangladesh to western Australia and Okinawa Japan. |
| Diagnosis: |
16 to 32 cm wide, faintly arched, central portion very thick, margin, thin exumbrella with pointed papillae, 15 to 30 cm long; 11 to 21 rhopalis; velar lappets up to 9.5 cm long with slender, thred-like extremities, 1-6 between adjacent rhopalia; mouth-arms broad, three-winged, up to 14.5 cm long, each with 1 to 4 window like openings and with filaments up to 13 cm long and a long spindle-shaped terminal appendage; 20 to 34 radial canals, inter-rhopalar canals effaced beyond ring canal. |
| Biology: |
Depth estimate based on ecology. Found along coasts (Refs. 97578, 116581, 122797) (Ref. 2992). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
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