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Golden Jellies
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Golden Jellies

Mastigias

Mastigias is a genus of true jellyfish in the family Mastigiidae. It contains seven described species. Members of this genus are found widely in coastal regions of the Indo-Pacific, including saline lakes of Palau (e.g., Jellyfish Lake), but there are also records from the West Atlantic at Florida and Puerto Rico. The West Atlantic records are most likely the result of accidental introductions by humans.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Papuan Spotted Jelly

speciesMastigias papua

Mastigias albipunctatus

speciesMastigias albipunctatus

Mastigias sidereus

speciesMastigias sidereus

Mastigias ocellatus

speciesMastigias ocellatus

Golden Medusa

speciesMastigias andersoni

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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 69833.