Drymonema dalmatinum

For the related species of jellyfish more commonly called the "pink meanie", see Drymonema larsoni.

Drymonema dalmatinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Semaeostomeae
Family:	Drymonematidae
Genus:	Drymonema
Species:	D. dalmatinum
Binomial name
Drymonema dalmatinum (Haeckel, 1882)

Drymonema dalmatinum is a species of scyphozoan jellyfish also known as the dalmatian mane jelly, the cauliflower jellyfish, or, in the United States, the pink meanie. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

Drymonema dalmatinum is a large species, growing up to 75 centimetres (30 in) long and weighing up to 25 kilograms (55 lb). The oral arms are very large, making up around fifty percent of the jellyfish's weight. ^[4] The bell – the umbrella-like part that forms the body of the jellyfish – may grow up to 1 metre (3.3 feet) across. ^[5]

References

1. "Common Names List - Drymonema dalmatinum". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
2. "Drymonema dalmatinum Haeckel, 1880". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
3. "Istituto Oikos". www.istituto-oikos.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-11-08.
4. Larson, Ronald J. (1987-05-01). "First report of the little-known scyphomedusa Drymonema dalmatinum in the Caribbean sea, with notes on its biology". Bulletin of Marine Science. 40 (3): 437–441. S2CID   89505197.
5. Malej, Alenka; Vodopivec, Martin; et al. (2014). "The Lesser-Known Medusa Drymonema Dalmatinum Haeckel 1880 (Scyphozoa, Discomedusae) in the Adriatic Sea". Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. Ser. A.5, Medica: 79–86. S2CID   89782319.