Staurostoma mertensii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Hydrozoa
- Order
- Leptothecata
- Family
- Laodiceidae
- Genus
- Staurostoma
- Species
- Staurostoma mertensii
- Scientific Name
- Staurostoma mertensii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Staurostoma mertensii
Staurostoma mertensii, also known as the white cross jellyfish (or just sometimes the cross jellyfish), is a species of jellyfish in the genus Staurostoma. Its name derives from the distinctive cross pattern on its clear bell. It is found in the cold, shallow waters of both hemispheres.
...Staurostoma mertensii in languages:
- Danish
- Stor korsmeduse
- English
- Whitecross Jelly
- English
- Whitecross Jellyfish
- French
- Méduse à croix blanche
- Japanese
- サラクラゲ
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