Deepstaria enigmatica

Deepstaria enigmatica is a very rarely seen giant jellyfish of the family Ulmaridae first described in 1967 by F. S. Russell. The bell of this jellyfish is very thin and wide (up to 60 cm or 2 ft),[1] and resembles a translucent, undulating sheet or lava lamp as the animal moves. They are usually found in Antarctic and near-Antarctic seas but have been spotted in waters near the United Kingdom, at depths of 600 to 1,750 meters.[1][2]

Deepstaria enigmatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Semaeostomeae
Family: Ulmaridae
Genus: Deepstaria
Species:
D. enigmatica
Binomial name
Deepstaria enigmatica
Russell, 1967

Further reading
  • Russell, F. S. (1967). "On a Remarkable New Scyphomedusan". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 47 (3): 469–73. doi:10.1017/S0025315400035098. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25.
  • Larson, R. J.; Madin, L. P.; Harbison, G. R. (1988). "In Situ Observations of Deepwater Medusae in the Genus Deepstaria, with a Description of D. Reticulum, Sp. Nov". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 68 (4): 689–99. doi:10.1017/S0025315400028800. OCLC 4669434269.
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References
  1. "Deepstaria enigmatica". Antarctic Invertebrates. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. "The Cascade Creature". Antarctic Invertebrates. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.


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