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Family: Mastigiidae



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17 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 14.5 cm WD
 
Mastigias albipunctata
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Max. Length 9 cm WD
 
Mastigias andersoni
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Max. Length 3.5 cm WD
 
Mastigias gracilis
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Max. Length 19 cm WD
 
Mastigias ocellatus
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Mastigias pantherinus
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Photo by Nick Thompson@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 8 cm WD
Mastigias papua (Lesson, 1830)

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Mastigias papua
[Papuan jellyfish]
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Mastigias roseus
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Max. Length 7 cm WD
 
Mastigias siderea
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Max. Length 7 cm WD
 
Mastigietta palmipes
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Max. Length 6 cm WD
 
Phyllorhiza luzoni
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Max. Length 40 cm WD
 
Phyllorhiza pacifica
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Phyllorhiza peronlesueuri
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Photo by O'Keefe, Jo

Indo-Pacific, Western Atl
Max. Length 60 cm WD
Phyllorhiza punctata von Lendenfeld, 1884

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Phyllorhiza punctata
[Australian spotted jellyfish]
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Max. Length 20 cm WD
 
Thysanostoma flagellatum
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Photo by Willie San@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 20 cm WD
Thysanostoma loriferum (Ehrenberg, 1835)

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Thysanostoma loriferum
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Max. Length 26 cm WD
 
Thysanostoma thysanura
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Max. Length 60 cm WD
 
Versuriga anadyomene
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Mastigias albipunctata Indo-West Pacific 14.5 WD 1920
Mastigias andersoni Indo-West Pacific 9 WD 1926
Mastigias gracilis Western Indian Ocean 3.5 WD 1888
Mastigias ocellatus Indo-West Pacific. 19 WD 1791
Mastigias pantherinus Eastern Central Pacific 1880
Mastigias papua Papuan jellyfish Indo-West Pacific 8 WD 1830
Mastigias roseus Atlantic Ocean. 1830
Mastigias siderea Western Indian Ocean 7 WD 1896
Mastigietta palmipes Indo-West Pacific 7 WD 1880
Phyllorhiza luzoni Western Central Pacific 6 WD 1915
Phyllorhiza pacifica Indo-West Pacific 40 WD 1921
Phyllorhiza peronlesueuri Indo-West Pacific 1990
Phyllorhiza punctata Australian spotted jellyfish Indo-Pacific, Western Atl 60 WD 1884
Thysanostoma flagellatum Central Pacific Ocean 20 WD 1880
Thysanostoma loriferum Indo-West Pacific. 20 WD 1835
Thysanostoma thysanura Indo-West Pacific. 26 WD 1880
Versuriga anadyomene Indo-West Pacific. 60 WD 1903



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