Pseudorhiza aurosa

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Pseudorhiza aurosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Lychnorhizidae
Genus: Pseudorhiza
Species:
P. aurosa
Binomial name
Pseudorhiza aurosa
von Lendenfeld, 1882

Pseudorhiza aurosa is a species of true jellyfish within the family Lychnorhizidae found around Australia. [1] The bell of the species reaches 40 centimeters wide, 13 centimeters high, and is flatly rounded. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pseudorhiza aurosa von Lendenfeld, 1882". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  2. Martellos, Stefano. "Pseudorhiza aurosa, von Lendenfeld 1882". dryades.units.it. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  3. "Pseudorhiza aurosa". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-30.