Fat-armed Jellies
Catostylidae
Catostylidae, the fat-arm jellies, is a family of jellyfish. Members of this family are characterized by their thick, sausage-like oral arms. Members of the family Catostylidae are small marine jellyfish with domed bells. The eight short oral arms are broad and three-sided. These jellies do sting but usually only leave minor burns.
5 branches of this family, most-observed first
Blubber Jellies
genusCatostylus
Acromitus
genusAcromitus
Crambione
genusCrambione
Crambionella
genusCrambionella
Acromitoides
genusAcromitoides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 333777.