Family: |
Mastigiidae () |
Max. size: |
9 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
Environment: |
pelagic; marine |
Distribution: |
Indo-West Pacific: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. |
Diagnosis: |
Up to 9 cm wide, vaulted, exumbrella with polygonal network of nematocyst warts; 6 braod velar lappets in each octant, the two median lappets usually split; arm-disk quadratic, with one central and four peripheral filaments; mouth arms about as long as disk radius, without filaments, terminal appendages long, with a club-shaped swelling at the end of the long, thin pedicel; 12 to 15 (or 18) canal-roots in each octant; perradial rhopalar canals bottle-dhapes, without anastomoses. |
Biology: |
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IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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Threat to humans: |
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