| Cepheidae () |
| 20 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
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pelagic; marine |
| Indo-West Pacific. |
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20 cm wide or more; with a central dome with about 10 wart-like projections; 6 to 8 round-edged lappets in each octant; eight mouth-arms short, massive, laterally compressed, curved outwards, bifurcated at outer ends and with numerous short lateral branches, with two kinds of appendages between the mouths; the one small, thin, tubular with prominent nematocyst warts, and the other somewhat larger, spindle-shaped. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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