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Rhopilema hispidum
Rhopilema hispidum (Vanhöffen, 1888)
Sand jellyfish
Rhopilema hispidum
photo by Edie Hu@Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

Family:  Rhizostomatidae ()
Max. size:  70 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic-neritic; marine
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific: from Gulf of Aden north to Japan and east to Pacific..
Diagnosis:  25 to 34 cm wide, exumbrella with numerous small, sharp-pointed, conical projections; in each octant about eight valer lappets, oblong, rounded; moutharms terminante in a lrge clubshaped appendage with a faceted, swollen end, other club-shaped appendages between the mouths on the three wings.
Biology:  Depth estimate based on habitat data from its ecology. Found in coastal waters (Refs. 63414, 122791), in a bay (Ref. 122790) and estuary (Ref. 122791). Commensals: host to a few fishes (carangid, eel larvae, ponyfish), a shrimp, a crab, a copepod, and a flatworm (Ref. 116535). Also associated with the ophiuroid Ophiocnemis marmorata Ref. 122791).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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