| Lychnorhizidae () |
| 15 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
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pelagic; marine |
| Southwest Atlantic: From Colombia to Brazil south to Argentina. |
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12 to 15 cm wide, flatter than a hemisphere, exumbrella with fine granules and minute, sharp-pointed projections; four large velar lappets in each octant; mouth-arms as long as diameter of bell, much folded, the numerous mouths surrounded by minute clubs and nemuerous long filaments; twocentripetal vessels between adjacent radial canals. |
| Abundant in coastal areas under the influence of estuaries (Ref. 126290). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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