Deepstaria reticulum
Deepstaria reticulum, is a jellyfish of the family Ulmaridae. It was described by Larson, Madin, and Harbison in 1988. This was the second described Deepstaria species, the first having been Deepstaria enigmatica (Russell, 1967).
| Deepstaria reticulum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Semaeostomeae |
| Family: | Ulmaridae |
| Genus: | Deepstaria |
| Species: | D. reticulum |
| Binomial name | |
| Deepstaria reticulum Larson, Madin, and Harbison, 1988 | |
Description
Deepstaria reticulum has a wide, fan-like bell that is often a deep purple color, under the bell there is a small cluster of tentacles, loaded with stinging, venomous barbs like any other jellyfish. At the largest, they get about 0.7 meters long. Unlike D. enigmatica, the bell of D. reticulum is spread wide, like a thin, translucent bed sheet.
Further reading
- Larson, R. J.; Madin, L. P.; Harbison, G. R. (11 May 2009). "In Situ Observations of Deepwater Medusae in the Genus Deepstaria, with a Description of D. Reticulum, Sp. Nov". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 68 (4): 689–699. doi:10.1017/S0025315400028800.
External links
- Deepstaria reticulum entry in the Smithsonian Invertebrate Zoology Collections
- Deepstaria reticulum entry in the World Register of Marine Species
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