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Mastigias

Mastigias
Spotted Lagoon Jelly - National Aquarium, Baltimore - April 5, 2011.jpg
Mastigias papua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomae
Family: Mastigiidae
Genus: Mastigias
Agassiz, 1862
Species

7 species, see text


7 species, see text

Mastigias is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Mastigiidae. It contains seven described species. Members of this genus are found widely in coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific, including saline lakes of Palau (e.g., Jellyfish Lake), but there are also records from the West Atlantic at Florida and Puerto Rico. The West Atlantic records are most likely the result of accidental introductions by humans.

According to the World Register of Marine Species, this genus includes seven species:


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