Péron and Lesueur, 1810

With at least half as many tentacles as radial canals. Umbrella large, up to 175 mm wide, saucer-shaped, thick in centre, gradually thinning towards margin; manubrium half as wide as umbrella; radial canals usually 60-80, sometimes fewer or up to 160; gonads along almost whole length of radial canals; tentacles with elongate, conical bulbs, generally less numerous than radial canals but varying from half to twice as many; small bulbs few, scattered; excretory pores on short papillae; 5 -10 statocyst between successive radial canals.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Subphylum Medusozoa
Superclass Hydrozoa
Class Hydroidomedusae
Subclass Leptomedusae
Order Conica
Family Aequoreidae
Genus Aequorea
Species Aequorea forskalea

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Aequorea forskalea (Forskål, 1775)

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