Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Cannonball Jelly
Stomolophus meleagris
Cannonball Jelly
Category: True Jellyfishes
Scientific Name: Stomolophus meleagris
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)  
Depth: 0-10 ft. (0-3 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Gulf of America
Cnidaria (Phylum) Cnidarians
└Medusozoa (Subphylum)
 └Scyphozoa (Class) True Jellyfishes
  └Discomedusae (Subclass)
   └Rhizostomeae (Order)
    └Stomolophidae (Family)
     └Stomolophus (Genus)
      └S. meleagris (Species)
WoRMS ID: 291140🔗
iNaturalist ID: 126393🔗

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