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Family: Catostylidae



(See list of species below)


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19 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 11.5 cm WD
 
Acromitoides purpurus
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Max. Length 10 cm WD
 
Acromitoides stiphropterus
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Photo by Tai Mei Tuk@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 12 cm WD
Acromitus flagellatus (Maas, 1903)

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Acromitus flagellatus
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Max. Length 9 cm WD
 
Acromitus maculosus
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Acromitus tankahkeei
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Max. Length 15 cm WD
 
Catostylus cruciatus
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Max. Length 35 cm WD
 
Catostylus mosaicus
[Mosaic sea jelly]
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Max. Length 5.5 cm WD
 
Catostylus ornatellus
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Max. Length 35 cm WD
 
Catostylus perezi
[Banana jellyfish]
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Catostylus purpurus
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Photo by Wirtz, Peter

Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 65 cm WD
Catostylus tagi (Haeckel, 1869)

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Catostylus tagi
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Max. Length 10 cm WD
 
Catostylus townsendi
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Max. Length 5 cm WD
 
Catostylus tripterus
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Catostylus turgescens
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Max. Length 8 cm WD
 
Catostylus viridescens
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Max. Length 7.4 cm WD
 
Crambione bartschi
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Max. Length 11 cm WD
 
Crambione cooki
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Max. Length 40 cm WD
 
Crambione mastigophora
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Max. Length 20 cm WD
 
Crambionella orsini
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acromitoides purpurus Western Central Pacific 11.5 WD 1910
Acromitoides stiphropterus Western Central Pacific 10 WD 1897
Acromitus flagellatus Indo-West Pacific 12 WD 1903
Acromitus maculosus Western Central Pacific 9 WD 1914
Acromitus tankahkeei Northwest Pacific 1924
Catostylus cruciatus Southwest Atlantic 15 WD 1829
Catostylus mosaicus Mosaic sea jelly Indo-West Pacific 35 WD 1824
Catostylus ornatellus Southeast Pacific 5.5 WD 1888
Catostylus perezi Banana jellyfish Western Indian Ocean 35 WD 1945
Catostylus purpurus Western Central Pacific 1910
Catostylus tagi Atlantic Ocean. 65 WD 1869
Catostylus townsendi Borneo, Malay Archipelago 10 WD 1915
Catostylus tripterus Eastern Central Atlantic 5 WD 1880
Catostylus turgescens Western Indian Ocean 1911
Catostylus viridescens Western Indian Ocean 8 WD 1896
Crambione bartschi Western Central Pacific 7.4 WD 1910
Crambione cooki Western Central Pacific 11 WD 1910
Crambione mastigophora Indo-West Pacific 40 WD 1903
Crambionella orsini Indian Ocean. 20 WD 1888



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