Species under Catostylus
n= 10
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Catostylus cruciatus
(Lesson, 1829)
Southwest Atlantic 15
Catostylus mosaicus
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Mosaic sea jelly Indo-West Pacific 35
Catostylus ornatellus
(Vanhöffen, 1888)
Southeast Pacific 5.5
Catostylus perezi
Ranson, 1945
Banana jellyfish Western Indian Ocean 35
Catostylus purpurus
Mayer, 1910
Western Central Pacific
Catostylus tagi
(Haeckel, 1869)
Atlantic Ocean 65
Catostylus townsendi
Mayer, 1915
Borneo, Malay Archipelago and Indo-China 10
Catostylus tripterus
(Haeckel, 1880)
Eastern Central Atlantic 5
Catostylus turgescens
(Schulze, 1911)
Western Indian Ocean
Catostylus viridescens
(Chun, 1896)
Western Indian Ocean 8
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