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Family: Aequoreidae



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27 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 17.5 cm WD
 
Aequorea aequorea
[Many-ribbed jellyfish]
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Max. Length 6 cm WD
 
Aequorea albida
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm WD
 
Aequorea australis
[]
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Max. Length 14.5 cm WD
 
Aequorea coerulescens
[Many-ribbed hydromedusa]
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Max. Length 0.9 cm WD
 
Aequorea conica
[]
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Aequorea cyanea
[]
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Max. Length 5 cm WD
 
Aequorea floridana
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Giourgis, Hector

Western Atlantic and East
Max. Length 8 cm WD
Aequorea forskalea (Forsskål, 1775)

Photo by Giourgis, Hector
 
Aequorea forskalea
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm WD
 
Aequorea globosa
[]
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Aequorea krampi
[]

Dennis Leung@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Western Central Atlantic,
Max. Length 7.5 cm WD
Aequorea macrodactyla (Brandt, 1835)

Photo by Dennis Leung@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project
 
Aequorea macrodactyla
[]
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Aequorea minima
[]
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Aequorea neocyanea
[]
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Aequorea papillata
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm WD
 
Aequorea parva
[]
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Max. Length 10 cm WD
 
Aequorea pensilis
[Hydrozoan medusa]
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Max. Length 10 cm WD
 
Aequorea tenuis
[]

Cowles, David

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm WD
Aequorea victoria (Murbach & Shearer, 1902)

Photo by Cowles, David
 
Aequorea victoria
[Water jellyfish]
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Max. Length 17 cm WD
 
Aequorea vitrina
[]
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Gangliostoma abaxialispura
[]
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Gangliostoma guangdongensis
[]
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Max. Length 40 cm WD
 
Rhacostoma atlanticum
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Josy Lai@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 3.3 cm WD
Zygocanna buitendijki Stiasny, 1928

Photo by Josy Lai@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project
 
Zygocanna buitendijki
[]
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Max. Length 10 cm WD
 
Zygocanna diploconus
[]
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Max. Length 3 cm WD
 
Zygocanna pleuronata
[]
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Max. Length 10 cm WD
 
Zygocanna purpurea
[]
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Max. Length 7.6 cm WD
 
Zygocanna vagans
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Aequorea aequorea Many-ribbed jellyfish Southeast Atlantic and Ea 17.5 WD 1775
Aequorea albida Atlantic and Pacific Ocea 6 WD 1862
Aequorea australis Western Pacific. 2.5 WD 1947
Aequorea coerulescens Many-ribbed hydromedusa Southwest Atlantic and Pa 14.5 WD 1838
Aequorea conica Eastern Indian Ocean 0.9 WD 1905
Aequorea cyanea Western Central Pacific 1834
Aequorea floridana Western Atlantic 5 WD 1862
Aequorea forskalea Western Atlantic and East 8 WD 1775
Aequorea globosa Western Central Pacific 4 WD 1829
Aequorea krampi Western Central Pacific 1984
Aequorea macrodactyla Western Central Atlantic, 7.5 WD 1835
Aequorea minima Western Central Atlantic, 1985
Aequorea neocyanea Western Central Atlantic, 2021
Aequorea papillata Western Central Atlantic, 1984
Aequorea parva Eastern Indian Ocean 0.6 WD 1905
Aequorea pensilis Hydrozoan medusa Indo-Pacific 10 WD 1829
Aequorea tenuis Western Atlantic 10 WD 1862
Aequorea victoria Water jellyfish Eastern Pacific 7 WD 1902
Aequorea vitrina Northeast Atlantic 17 WD 1853
Gangliostoma abaxialispura Northwest Pacific 2019
Gangliostoma guangdongensis Northwest Pacific 1983
Rhacostoma atlanticum Western Atlantic 40 WD 1850
Zygocanna buitendijki Indo-West Pacific 3.3 WD 1928
Zygocanna diploconus Western Central Pacific 10 WD 1879
Zygocanna pleuronata Western Central Pacific 3 WD 1809
Zygocanna purpurea Eastern Indian Ocean 10 WD 1810
Zygocanna vagans Eastern Atlantic and Cent 7.6 WD 1912



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