Alatina mordens Gershwin, 2005
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Family:  Alatinidae ()
Max. size:  9.6 cm H (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine
Distribution:  Western Central Pacific: Australia.
Diagnosis:  Bell tall, tapered, apically truncate, with exumbrellar nematocyst freckles; with crescentic phacellae, comprising many tufts of long cirri which branch only near the root; with 3 straight, simple to triforked velarial canals in each octant, bearing a row of 1 to 5, typically 1 to 3, small, round nematocyst freckles on root area; with broadly rounded adaxial pedalia keels; with simple rounded pedalial canal.
Biology:  Maximum length is based on bell height.
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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