Netrostoma coerulescens Maas, 1903 |
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Family: | Cepheidae () | |||
Max. size: | 20 cm WD (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | pelagic; marine | |||
Distribution: | Indo-West Pacific. | |||
Diagnosis: | 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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IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
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