Family: |
Mastigiidae () |
Max. size: |
3.5 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
Environment: |
pelagic; marine |
Distribution: |
Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea. |
Diagnosis: |
3.5 cm wide, thin at margin but very thick at apex, exumbrella with irregularly placed clusters of small warts; margin irregularly lobed, with 5 to 10 lappets in each octant; arm-disk with particularly long filaments; mouth arms hardly as long as disk radius, lower three-winged portion 3 to 4 times as long as upper portion; each arm with a short, rounded terminal knob, and with short, gelatinous knobs between the frilled mouths; 6 to 7 canal roots in each octant. |
Biology: |
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IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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