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Cannonball jellyfish washed ashore near Ramp 59. It's not common to see Cannonball Jellyfish around this time of year this one may have been cold stunned. (51759006613)🪼

Photo: Cape Hatteras National Seashore · Public domain

SpeciesRhizostomeaeStomolophidae
Cnidarians

🪼Cannonball jellyfish

Stomolophus meleagris Agassiz, 1860

Stomolophus meleagris ist eine Schirmqualle aus der Ordnung der Wurzelmundquallen.

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Bell width
0.18 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameter
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumCnidaria
  3. ›classScyphozoa
  4. ›orderRhizostomeae
  5. ›familyStomolophidae
  6. ›genusStomolophus
  7. ›speciesStomolophus meleagris
Full lineage
  1. phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
  2. orderRhizostomeae
  3. familyStomolophidae
  4. genusStomolophus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumCorals & jellyfish · Cnidaria
  3. classScyphozoa
  4. subclassDiscomedusae
  5. orderRhizostomeae
  6. familyStomolophidae
  7. genusStomolophus
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Stomolophus meleagris (de), Stomolophus meleagris (fr), tykinkuulameduusa (fi), Stomolophus meleagris (nl), Stomolophus meleagris (sv), Stomolophus meleagris (es) … and 11 more languages
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