Narcomedusas [Narcomedusae]

Narcomedusas
Description

Narcomedusae are a group of predatory jellyfish with delicate, often translucent bodies. Divers may spot them drifting in midwater or near the surface, where their tentacles and trailing structures can look like fine threads in the current.

Species
Golf Tee Medusa
Golf Tee Medusa

Aegina citrea

Aegina rosea

Aegina rosea

Aeginona brunnea

Aeginona brunnea

Bathykorus bouilloni

Bathykorus bouilloni

Jubanyella plemmyris

Jubanyella plemmyris

Csiromedusa medeopolis

Csiromedusa medeopolis

Cunina becki

Cunina becki

Cunina duplicata

Cunina duplicata

Cunina fowleri

Cunina fowleri

Cunina frugifera

Cunina frugifera

Cunina globosa

Cunina globosa

Cunina octonaria

Cunina octonaria

Cunina peregrina

Cunina peregrina

Cunina proboscidea

Cunina proboscidea

Cunina simplex

Cunina simplex

Cunina tenella

Cunina tenella

Sigiweddellia benthopelagica

Sigiweddellia benthopelagica

Solmissus albescens

Solmissus albescens

Solmissus bleekii

Solmissus bleekii

Solmissus incisa

Solmissus incisa

Dinner Plate Medusa
Dinner Plate Medusa

Solmissus marshalli

Pseudaegina pentanema

Pseudaegina pentanema

Pseudaegina rhodina

Pseudaegina rhodina

Pegantha clara

Pegantha clara

Pegantha laevis

Pegantha laevis

Pegantha martagon

Pegantha martagon

Pegantha polystriata

Pegantha polystriata

Pegantha rubiginosa

Pegantha rubiginosa

Pegantha triloba

Pegantha triloba

Solmaris corona

Solmaris corona

Solmaris flavescens

Solmaris flavescens

Solmaris flavofinis

Solmaris flavofinis

Solmaris lenticula

Solmaris lenticula

Solmaris leucostyla

Solmaris leucostyla

Solmaris quadrata

Solmaris quadrata

Solmaris rhodoloma

Solmaris rhodoloma

Solmaris solmaris

Solmaris solmaris

Aeginopsis laurentii

Aeginopsis laurentii

Solmundaegina nematophora

Solmundaegina nematophora

Solmundella bitentaculata

Solmundella bitentaculata

Tetraplatia chuni

Tetraplatia chuni

Tetraplatia volitans

Tetraplatia volitans

Taxonomy
Phylum Cnidarians
Cnidaria
Class Jellyfish and their relatives
Medusozoa
Order Hydroids
Hydrozoa
Family Lobed comb jellies (deepwater ctenophores)
Trachylinae
Statistics
  • Species 42