Mastigias ocellatus
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| Mastigias ocellatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Family: | Mastigiidae |
| Genus: | Mastigias |
| Species: | M. ocellatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mastigias ocellatus (Modeer, 1791) | |
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Mastigias ocellatus, the golden medusa, is a species of jellyfish in the family Mastigiidae. It is native to the southern Pacific Ocean.
The specific epithet is derived from the Latin ocellatus, "having small eyes", referring to the white spots on the edge of the bell that appear similar to small eyes.[2]
