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Scientific Name: Rhizostoma pulmo Macri, 1778
English Name: Barrel jellyfish/ Dustbin-lid jellyfish/ Frilly-mouthed jellyfish
Local/Bangla Name: Jellyfish (জেলিফিশ)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Rhizostomatidae
Description:
This jellyfish is sizable and transparent, featuring a prominent bell shaped like a mushroom and eight frilly tentacles hanging below it. Unlike some jellyfish, it lacks marginal tentacles but instead sports a violet fringe around the bell housing sensory organs. Its sunshade is notably curved, occasionally taller than it is wide, with the outer edges devoid of tentacles and instead adorned with approximately 80-90 lobes distributed evenly around its circumference.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Cox’s Bazar
Environment:
Coastal, marine
Main References:
Das BC (2007) Checklist and distribution of the freshwater and marine Cnidaria (Coelenterata) of Bangladesh. Calodema. 9: 15–19
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