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Lychnorhiza lucerna
Lychnorhiza lucerna Haeckel, 1880
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Family:  Lychnorhizidae ()
Max. size:  15 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Southwest Atlantic: From Colombia to Brazil south to Argentina.
Diagnosis:  12 to 15 cm wide, flatter than a hemisphere, exumbrella with fine granules and minute, sharp-pointed projections; four large velar lappets in each octant; mouth-arms as long as diameter of bell, much folded, the numerous mouths surrounded by minute clubs and nemuerous long filaments; twocentripetal vessels between adjacent radial canals.
Biology:  Abundant in coastal areas under the influence of estuaries (Ref. 126290).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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