Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Spotted Jelly
Mastigias papua
Spotted Jelly
Also known as: Lagoon Jelly, Papuan Spotted Jelly
Category: True Jellyfishes
Scientific Name: Mastigias papua
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Distribution: West Pacific
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Medusozoa (Subphylum)
 └Scyphozoa (Class)
  └Discomedusae (Subclass)
   └Rhizostomeae (Order)
    └Mastigiidae (Family)
     └Mastigias (Genus)
      └M. papua (Species)
WoRMS ID: 220485🔗
iNaturalist ID: 69830🔗

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