Biology:Halimocyathus
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Short description: Genus of jellyfish
| Halimocyathus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Staurozoa |
| Order: | Stauromedusae |
| Family: | Haliclystidae |
| Genus: | Halimocyathus James-Clark, 1863[1] |
| Species: | H. platypus
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| Binomial name | |
| Halimocyathus platypus James-Clark, 1863[1]
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Halimocyathus is a genus of stalked jellyfish in the family Haliclystidae. It is monotypic, containing the sole species Halimocyathus platypus.[1]
The original specimen recorded by Clark in 1863 was found in the Massachusetts Bay attached to some Zostera marina seagrass.[2] It distribution is unknown with a single other observation in the Bay of Fundy, Canada recorded by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.[3]
Halimocyathus platypus has a deep funnel disk 6mm wide with a stork of 10mm high. It has eight arms that are twice as long as they are broad each with 17–20 tick tentacles arranged in five rows.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Halimocyathus James-Clark, 1863". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135271.
- ↑ Miranda, Lucília S.; Mills, Claudia E.; Hirano, Yayoi M.; Collins, Allen G.; Marques, Antonio C. (December 2018). "A review of the global diversity and natural history of stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria, Staurozoa)". Marine Biodiversity 48 (4): 1695–1714. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0721-4.
- ↑ "Halimocyathus James-Clark, 1863". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2264629.
- ↑ Mayer, A. G. (1910) (in en). Medusae of the World, Volume III: The Scyphomedusae. Carnegie Institution of Washington. p. 537. http://www.cmarz.org/resources/Mayer1910-Medusae_of_the_World/Mayer1910MedusaeoftheWorldVol3-Scyphomedusae.pdf. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
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