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Maeotias marginata
Maeotias marginata (Modeer, 1791)
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Family:  Olindiidae ()
Max. size:  5.6 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; brackish; pH range: 4 - 15
Distribution:  Black Sea: Sea of Azov. Introduced in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Diagnosis:  Often measures less than 40 mm and at most 56 mm in diameter; large manubrium with 4 very long frilly lips and no gastric peduncle; 4 radial canals, each with curtain-like gonads extending onto "arms" of the manubrium; several prominent centripetal canals extending upward in each quadrant of the ring canal; 600 tentacles; numerous statocysts around the bell margin, each with an indistinct ocellus; milky white umbrella and pink blush around the bell margin (Ref. 2376).
Biology:  This is a true brackish water species (Ref. 128415). Medusae released in late spring and early summer and rest on the bottom to feed on small crustaceans (Ref. 2376).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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