Anomalorhiza shawi Light, 1921
Anomalorhiza shawi
photo by Josy Lai@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Family:  Lychnorhizidae ()
Max. size:  60 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Pacific Ocean.
Diagnosis:  60 cm wide, flat, exumbrella with low, wart like projections in central part; in each octant six velar lappets, slightly convex, the two lateral smaller; mouth-arms branched only near the tip, the entire outer surface quite bare; mouths surrounded by tiny filaments; near center of disk very small, slender filaments; each arm terminates in a long, slender club; inter-rhopalar canals end at ring canal; between the 26 radial canals only one intracircular canal.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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