Drymonema larsoni
| Drymonema larsoni | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Medusozoa |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Semaeostomeae |
| Family: | Drymonematidae |
| Genus: | Drymonema |
| Species: | D. larsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson, 2010 | |
Drymonema larsoni (also known as the "pink meanie") is a species of jellyfish belonging to the class Scyphozoa. Following a mass sighting in 2000 in the Gulf of Mexico, the species and the rest of its genus were put in their own family, a new subset of the true jellyfish.[1]
References
- ↑ Ker Than, ""Pink Meanie" Pictures: New Jellyfish Attacks Other Jellies", National Geographic, retrieved 5 September 2015
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