Cyanea sp.

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

Cyanea sp. Linne, 1758

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Class: Scyphozoa

Family: Cyaneidae

Genus: Cyanea (Péron and Lesueur 1809)

Description: The species has well developed circular muscles, marginal tentacles and several rows of clustered tentacles. The umbrella margin is clefted into lappets. The mesoglea cells are uniformly thick at the subumbrella and thin at the base of the lappets. Their colour is usually yellowish brown or reddish but sometimes almost colourless. The species has four main oral arms and circular muscles at the subumbrella. Exumbrella diameter ranges from 200-300 mm. The species has a perceptible sting.

Distribution and habitat: This non-edible jellyfish occurs throughout the year in the Klang Strait, and found seasonally in Tanjung Kling, west 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).