Halimocyathus

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Halimocyathus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Staurozoa
Order: Stauromedusae
Family: Haliclystidae
Genus: Halimocyathus
James-Clark, 1863 [1]
Species:
H. platypus
Binomial name
Halimocyathus platypus
James-Clark, 1863 [1]

Halimocyathus is a genus of stalked jellyfish in the family Haliclystidae. It is monotypic, containing the sole species Halimocyathus platypus. [1]

The original specimen recorded by Clark in 1863 was found in the Massachusetts Bay attached to some Zostera marina seagrass. [2] It distribution is unknown with a single other observation in the Bay of Fundy, Canada recorded by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility. [3]

Halimocyathus platypus has a deep funnel disk 6mm wide with a stork of 10mm high. It has eight arms that are twice as long as they are broad each with 17–20 tick tentacles arranged in five rows. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Halimocyathus James-Clark, 1863". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  2. ↑ Miranda, Lucília S.; Mills, Claudia E.; Hirano, Yayoi M.; Collins, Allen G.; Marques, Antonio C. (December 2018). "A review of the global diversity and natural history of stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria, Staurozoa)". Marine Biodiversity. 48 (4): 1695–1714. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0721-4. S2CID   255612886.
  3. ↑ "Halimocyathus James-Clark, 1863". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Mayer, A. G. (1910). Medusae of the World, Volume III: The Scyphomedusae (PDF). Carnegie Institution of Washington. p. 537. Retrieved 11 June 2023.


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