Bell stalked jelly
| Bell stalked jelly | |
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| Possible Lipkea stephensoni seen at Atlantis Reef, False Bay, Cape Town | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Staurozoa |
| Order: | Stauromedusae |
| Family: | Lipkeidae |
| Genus: | Lipkea |
| Species: | L. stephensoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Lipkea stephensoni Carlgren, 1933[1]
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The bell trumpet jelly (Lipkea stephensoni), is a species of stalked jellyfish in the family Lipkeidae.
Description
[edit]This small stalked jellyfish grows up to 1 cm across and is pale and transparent. Four distinct opaque white lines run down the bell and into the mouth, which is surrounded by four horseshoe-shaped gonads. The bell has opaque white spots. Several lobes extend from the margin of the bell.
Distribution
[edit]This stalked jellyfish has been found in Smitswinkel Bay off Cape Town in less than 10m of water.
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Lipkea stephensoni Carlgren, 1933". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
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