Order

Semaeostomeae (Flag-mouth jellies)

Aurelia labiata. Photo: (c) Sherry Kirkvold, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Semaeostomeae (literally “flag mouths”) are an order of large jellyfish characterized by four long, frilly oral arms flanking their quadrate mouths. The umbrella is domed with scalloped margins, and the gastrovascular system consists of four unbranched pouches radiating outwards from the central stomach; no ring canal is present. They usually possess eight tentacles; four are per-radical and four are inter-radical.

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Subtaxa

Where in Humboldt



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