Catostylidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Scyphozoa
- Order
- Rhizostomeae
- Family
- Catostylidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Catostylidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Catostylidae
Catostylidae is a family of jellyfish, their common name is fat-armed jellies. Members of this family are characterized by their thick, sausage-like oral arms. Members of the family Catostylidae are small marine jellyfish with domed bells. The eight short oral arms are broad and three-sided. These jellies do sting but usually only leave minor burns.
...Catostylidae in languages:
- Chinese
- 端棍水母科
- English
- Fat-armed Jellies
- English
- Fat-armed Jellyfishes
- Thai
- แมงกะพรุนหางขน
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