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Catostylidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Cnidaria › Scyphozoa › Rhizostomeae › Catostylidae

Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Catostylus mosaicus is a common rhizostome jellyfish found in Eastern Australia and the Malay Peninsula that forms dense blooms.

Catostylus tagi (Haeckel, 1869)

Catostylus tagi is a variable-sized jellyfish that feeds on a range of plankton and small marine organisms, with its collagen studied for biomedical use.

Acromitus flagellatus (Maas, 1903)

Acromitus flagellatus is a slow-moving jellyfish found in brackish coastal waters with stings that have little effect on humans.

Related Families

Rhizostomatidae 4 species Cepheidae 2 species Lychnorhizidae 2 species Mastigiidae 2 species Cassiopeidae 1 species Stomolophidae 1 species

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