Pot-lid Jellyfish (species: Netrostoma nuda) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Netrostoma nuda
Pot-lid Jellyfish


©Anne Hoggett: Netrostoma nuda found at North Direction Island, near the Lizard Island group.

©Anne Hoggett: Netrostoma nuda at Lizard Island, bell diameter about 15 cm

©Anne Hoggett: Netrostoma nuda at Lizard Island, bell diameter about 15 cm

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Scyphozoa
Order Rhizostomeae
Family Cepheidae
Genus Netrostoma
Species Netrostoma nuda

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Distinguishing features

A solid translucent jellyfish with a distinctive smooth knob at the apex of the bell, resembling the lid of a saucepan.

Size

  • Up to 15 cm (Bell diameter of Lizard Island specimens observed)

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Usually present for several months each year in wet season, never in large numbers

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References

  • Gershwin, L.-A. and W. Zeidler (2008). Two new jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from tropical Australian waters, Zootaxa, 1764: 41-52. LIRS catalog number 1856.