Thysanostoma
Genus of jellyfishes
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Thysanostomatidae is a family of true jellyfish from the Indo-Pacific.[1] The first sighting of Thysanostoma loriferum in Hong Kong; extending its known range from the Philippines, the Malay Archipelago, and Hawaii;[2] was from the Hong Kong Jellyfish Citizen Science project and sightings on iNaturalist.[3]
| Thysanostoma | |
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| Thysanostoma loriferum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Family: | Thysanostomatidae Gegenbaur, 1857 |
| Genus: | Thysanostoma Agassiz, 1862 |
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species, this family includes one genus, Thysanostoma, with three species:[1]
- Thysanostoma flagellatum (Haeckel, 1880)
- Thysanostoma loriferum (Ehrenberg, 1837)
- Thysanostoma thysanura Haeckel, 1880
