Drymonema dalmatinum Haeckel, 1880
Pink meanie
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Family:  Cyaneidae ()
Max. size:  75 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic; marine; depth range 0 - 20 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Puerto Rico, Brazil, Canada and USA.
Diagnosis:  50 to 100 cm wide; numerous 144 radial furrows on exumbrella, and between them same number of marginal lappets; the 16 stomach pouches terminate in 164 to 176 dichotomous ramuli; 8 times 2 rhopalar and 144 to 160 velar terminal canalc; mouth-arms about half as long as diameter of umbrella, the numerous tentacles arise from the middle zone of the subumbrella; eight sense-organs in deep niches.
Biology:  Largest known medusa in tropical Atlantic (Ref. 3268). Neritic, potentially pathogenic (Ref. 116114).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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