Chrysaora chinensis Linne, 1766

Aspe, Nonillon M. & James, Samuel W., 2017, Pheretima monotheca, Zoological Studies 55 (35), pp. 1-19 : 8

Chrysaora chinensis Linne, 1766

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Class: Scyphozoa

Family: Pelagiidae (Gegenbaur 1856)

Genus: Chrysaora (Linne 1766)

Description: The exumbrella surface is finely granulated. Their marginal lappets are slightly elongated, with 24-40 tentacles. The size of oral arms is one to three times longer than the exumbrella diameter. The gonads are semi-circular in shape, and it outlines the gastric filaments which are greatly folded ( Kramp 1961). The diameter of exumbrella ranges from 50-150 mm.

D i s t r i b u t i o n a n d h a b i t a t: According to Morandini and Marques (2010), all Chrysaora specimens occurring in the Pacific region such as China, Indonesia and Philippines should be assigned to C. chinensis . This species seasonally occur in Klang Straits, Selangor in relatively low abundance. It is non-edible and considered a nuisance to fishing activity. The species was also commonly found in Teluk Bahang, Penang and Muar on the west coast, and Bachok and Pulau Tinggi on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Figures

Fig. 1. Jellyfish species collected in Malaysian waters. Cubozoan jellyfish; Morbakka sp. (a), Chiropsoides buitendijki (b); Scyphozoan jellyfish; Acromitus flagellatus (c), Catostylus townsendi (d), Cephea cephea (e), Chrysaora chinensis (f), Cyanea sp. (g), Lobonemoides robustus (h), Mastigias sp. (i), Phyllorhiza punctata (j), Rhopilema hispidum (k) and Rhopilema esculentum (l).