| Deepstaria reticulum | |
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| Information | |
| Range | N/A |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Cnidaria |
| Class | Scyphozoa |
| Order | Semaeostomeae |
| Family | Ulmaridae |
| Genus | Deepstaria |
| Species | Deepstaria reticulum |
Deepstaria reticulum, is a new species of jellyfish of the family Ulmaridae. It was described by Larson, Madin, and Harbison in 1988. This was the second described Deepstaria species, the first having been Deepstaria enigmatica (Russell, 1967).
Description[]
Deepstaria reticulum has a wide, fan-like bell that is often a deep purple color, under the bell there is a small cluster of tentacles, loaded with stinging, venomous barbs like any other jellyfish. At the largest, they get about 0.7 meters long. Unlike their counterparts, deepstaria enigmatica, their bell is spread wide, like a thin, translucent bed sheet. (Deepstaria enigmatica has a wide bell, too, but resembles a lava lamp or a lady in colonial time's dress.)
Videos[]
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