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Cotylorhiza

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Cotylorhiza is a genus of true jellyfish from the family Cepheidae. The genus is found in the central-east Atlantic, Mediterranean, and western Indian Ocean.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumCnidaria
  3. ClassScyphozoa
  4. OrderRhizostomeae
  5. FamilyCepheidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded4,533

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1
Family
Cepheidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Madagascar

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Cotylorhiza is a genus of true jellyfish from the family Cepheidae. The genus is found in the central-east Atlantic, Mediterranean, and western Indian Ocean.

== Description == The genus Cotylorhiza falls under the family Cepheidae, which includes jellyfish. Species in this genus include Cotylorhiza abulacrata, Cotylorhiza erythraea, and Cotylorhiza tuberculata, which is the most common species in the genus, as well as in the order Rhizostomeae. Characterized by eight short oral arms, this genus is pelagic and generally tinted white or yellow and include a sun shade at the top to protect arms and cnidoblasts.

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