Description
Size:
Maximum size 9.4 cm
General:
Exumbrellar surface of the bell has many small bumps which are composed of dense aggregations of nematocysts; three or four gonads and three or four oral arms with larger nematocyst laden bumps; translucent blue-white colour; tentacles are completely lacking.
Geographic Information
Ocean range (global):
Monterey Bay to the Gulf of California.
Additional Information
References
Encyclopedia of LifeTree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Raskoff, K.A. and G.I. Matsumoto (2004). Stellamedusa ventana, a new mesopelagic scyphomedusa from the eastern Pacific representing a new subfamily, the Stellamedusinae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84: 37-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315404008884h
Citation:
Stellamedusa ventana
(Raskoff and Matsumoto, 2004) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Stellamedusa%20ventana. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-11-21.