WoRMS taxon details
Mastigias ocellatus
AphiaID: 220484
AphiaID: 220484
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Scyphozoa (Class) > Discomedusae (Subclass) > Rhizostomeae (Order) > Kolpophorae (Suborder) > Mastigiidae (Family) > Mastigias (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Mastigias Agassiz, 1862 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: F.S. Cornelius and J. van der Land (eds), updates 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: reddish-brown, to 15 cm width, with fine, polygonal warts on surface. In adults, pale patches on edge to bell with brown centre and rim. It is harmless (Richmond, 1997). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220484 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Mastigias ocellatus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220484 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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