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Family: Aequoreidae (See list of species below)

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22 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Aequorea aequorea [Many-ribbed jellyfish]	No picture found Aequorea albida []	No picture found Aequorea australis []
No picture found Aequorea coerulescens [Many-ribbed hydromedusa]	No picture found Aequorea conica []	No picture found Aequorea cyanea []
No picture found Aequorea floridana []	Aequorea forskalea []	No picture found Aequorea globosa []
Aequorea macrodactyla []	No picture found Aequorea parva []	No picture found Aequorea pensilis [Hydrozoan medusa]
No picture found Aequorea tenuis []	Aequorea victoria [Water jellyfish]	No picture found Aequorea vitrina []
No picture found Gangliostoma abaxialispura []	No picture found Rhacostoma atlanticum []	Zygocanna buitendijki []
No picture found Zygocanna diploconus []	No picture found Zygocanna pleuronata []	No picture found Zygocanna purpurea []
No picture found Zygocanna vagans []

22 Species of Family Aequoreidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aequorea aequorea	Many-ribbed jellyfish	Southeast Atlantic and Ea	17.5 WD
Aequorea albida		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea	6 WD
Aequorea australis		Western Pacific.	2.5 WD
Aequorea coerulescens	Many-ribbed hydromedusa	Southwest Atlantic and Pa	14.5 WD
Aequorea conica		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.9 WD
Aequorea cyanea		Western Central Pacific
Aequorea floridana		Western Atlantic	5 WD
Aequorea forskalea		Western Atlantic and East	8 WD
Aequorea globosa		Western Central Pacific	4 WD
Aequorea macrodactyla		Western Central Atlantic,	7.5 WD
Aequorea parva		Eastern Indian Ocean	0.6 WD
Aequorea pensilis	Hydrozoan medusa	Indo-Pacific	10 WD
Aequorea tenuis		Western Atlantic	10 WD
Aequorea victoria	Water jellyfish	Eastern Pacific	7 WD
Aequorea vitrina		Northeast Atlantic	17 WD
Gangliostoma abaxialispura		Northwest Pacific
Rhacostoma atlanticum		Western Atlantic	40 WD
Zygocanna buitendijki		Indo-West Pacific	3.3 WD
Zygocanna diploconus		Western Central Pacific	10 WD
Zygocanna pleuronata		Western Central Pacific	3 WD
Zygocanna purpurea		Eastern Indian Ocean	10 WD
Zygocanna vagans		Eastern Atlantic and Cent	7.6 WD

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