Thysanostoma [Thysanostoma]

Description

Thysanostoma is a small, delicate jellyfish that can be surprisingly hard to notice at first glance. Divers may encounter it as a faint, translucent silhouette with fine trailing structures, best seen when you slow down and watch the water column for gentle movement.

Species
Thysanostoma thysanura
Thysanostoma thysanura

Thysanostoma thysanura

Taxonomy
Phylum Cnidarians
Cnidaria
Class Cup Animals
Scyphozoa
Order Rhizostome Jellyfish
Rhizostomeae
Family Leptobrachid
Leptobrachidae
Statistics
  • Species 1