Halimocyathus
Genus of jellyfish
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Halimocyathus is a genus of stalked jellyfish in the family Haliclystidae. It is monotypic, containing the sole species Halimocyathus platypus.[1]
| Halimocyathus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Staurozoa |
| Order: | Stauromedusae |
| Family: | Haliclystidae |
| Genus: | Halimocyathus James-Clark, 1863[1] |
| Species: | H. platypus |
| Binomial name | |
| Halimocyathus platypus James-Clark, 1863[1] | |
The original specimen recorded by Clark in 1863 was found in the Massachusetts Bay attached to some Zostera marina seagrass.[2] It distribution is unknown with a single other observation in the Bay of Fundy, Canada recorded by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.[3]
Halimocyathus platypus has a deep funnel disk 6mm wide with a stork of 10mm high. It has eight arms that are twice as long as they are broad each with 17–20 tick tentacles arranged in five rows.[4]
