Drymonema larsoni

Drymonema larsoni (also known as the "pink meanie") is a species of jellyfish belonging to the class Scyphozoa. Following a mass sighting in 2000 in the Gulf of Mexico, the species and the rest of its genus were put in their own family, a new subset of the true jellyfish.[1]

Drymonema larsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Drymonematidae
Genus: Drymonema
Species:
D. larsoni
Binomial name
Drymonema larsoni
Bayha & Dawson, 2010

References

  1. Ker Than, ""Pink Meanie" Pictures: New Jellyfish Attacks Other Jellies", National Geographic, retrieved 5 September 2015
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