Rhopilema verrilli (Fewkes, 1887)
Mushroom jellyfish
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Family:  Rhizostomatidae ()
Max. size:  35 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 85 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: USA and Canada.
Diagnosis:  35 m wide, thick and rigid; centre of exumbrella smooth, lappets with many shallow furrows, and near margin numerous minute elevations; in each octant 6 large oval velar lappets mouth arms with 26 to 60 blunt, spindle-shaped appendages besprinkled with nematocyst warts, each arm with a large, tapering terminal appendage.
Biology:  Estuarine, neritic, potentially pathogenic (Ref. 116114).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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