Mastigietta palmipes (Haeckel, 1880)
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Family:  Mastigiidae ()
Max. size:  7 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific: from Mauritius north to Taiwan, then south to Australia and east to Papua New Guinea.
Diagnosis:  Up to 7 cm wide; exumbrella with numerous warts of nematocysts, but lappet region smooth; 5 to 8 velar lappets in each octant; mouth-arms thick, shorter than disk radius, without appendages; arms disk with filaments ; 12 to 14 canal roots in each octant; rhopalar canals with anastomoses throughout their length.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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