Key Identification Features
- Members of this order are distinguished by the absence of tentacles; instead, their bodies have four oral lobes and eight arms that attach to the center of the bell.
- mosaicus has four distinct types of nematocysts: Oval Isorhizae, pear-shaped Isorhizae, Rhopaloids, and Birhopaloids.
- mosaicus mosaicus occurs in New South Wales and southern Queensland, and can be identified by its small or absent papillae and larger bell diameter.
- mosaicus conservitus is found in Bass Strait, and can be distinguished by its conspicuous papillae, blue or white body color, and smaller bell.
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