Aurelia maldivensis Bigelow, 1904
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Family:  Ulmaridae ()
Max. size:  25 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; marine
Distribution:  Western Indian Ocean: Maldives, Red Sea and Malay Archipelago.
Diagnosis:  Up to 25 cm wide; the 8 wide marginal lobes each with a very slight central depression; the 8 rhopalar and the 8 adrarial canals unbranched, the other canals branched with occasional anastomoses; mouth arms large, curtain-like, lips complexly folded, with numerous short tentacles, colr violet.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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