Rhopilema verrilli

mushroom jellyfish

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Classification	Scyphozoa \| Rhizostomeae \| Rhizostomatidae
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Main reference

Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, et.al. 2003. (Ref. 1663)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 35.0 cm WD male/unsexed; (Ref. 2992)

Environment

Pelagic

Climate / Range

Subtropical

Western Atlantic: USA and Canada.
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Short description

35 m wide, thick and rigid; centre of exumbrella smooth, lappets with many shallow furrows, and near margin numerous minute elevations; in each octant 6 large oval velar lappets mouth arms with 26 to 60 blunt, spindle-shaped appendages besprinkled with nematocyst warts, each arm with a large, tapering terminal appendage.


IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 84930)	Threat to humans
Not Evaluated	Harmless

Human uses


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Internet sources

Estimation of some characteristics with mathematical models

Resilience (Ref. 69278)


Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)	Price category (Ref. 80766)
Low vulnerability (25 of 100)	Not marketed/unknown

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