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Created 3/6/2014

Family Mastigiidae

WARM SEAS WORLDWIDE

Mastigias sp.



Kaneohe Bay, Oahu



Juvenile, Key West, FL *



Waikiki Aquarium
 

LAGOON JELLYFISH

Seasonally common in deep harbors.  Attains bell diameter of 5 inches.  Native to the Western Pacific and introduced Hawaii & the Tropical Western Atlantic in ship ballast water.  Further study is needed to ascertain which species are represented and their origin.
* Federally-funded images via: "Identification and Characterization of Cryptic Fleming Bay Marine Stingers, Special Forces Underwater Operations (SFUWO) at Fleming Bay, FL", PI Angel Yanagihara with UH Diving Safety Program Divers E. Waldrop, G. Stender, Y. Stender, NIH RMATRIX Award U54RR026136 (May -July, 2011).

These results were also presented in a poster "E. Waldrop, G. Stender, Y. Stender, J. Smith, A. Jaferis, K. Kelly and A. Yanagihara, Identification and Characterization of Cryptic Fleming Bay Marine Stingers, Special Forces Underwater Operations (SFUWO) at Fleming Bay, FL, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology John A. Burns School of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Symposium. University of Hawai’i’. April 18th, 2012"