Staurostoma falklandica
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Leptothecata |
| Family: | Laodiceidae |
| Genus: | Staurostoma |
| Species: | S. falklandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Staurostoma falklandica (Browne, 1907)[1]
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Staurostoma falklandica is a species of jellyfish first discovered in 1907 by the Scottish Antarctic Expedition aboard the S.S. Scotia in Stanley Harbour, Falkland Islands.[2]
Description
Staurostoma falklandica is very similar to the related White cross jellyfish, with the distinguishing feature being the much more diminutive second set of tentacles.[3]: 236
It has a thin umbrella, measuring 90mm in diameter, with a stomach in four radiating arms across it. The mouth is the same length as the stomach, and its edges are a complicated series of folds. The gonads are along the edge of the stomach in deeper folds.[3]: 235
There are several hundred principle tentacles closely packed round the edge of the bell. In between each pair of tentacles is a much smaller tentacle, similar in shape. Between the smaller and larger tentacles is a cordylus (sensory club).[4][3]: 236
Range
Staurostoma falklandica is a marine species which inhabits the southern hemisphere near Antarctica. Observations have been made in Chile, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Staurostoma falklandica (Browne, 1907)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Staurostoma falklandica". iNaturalist United Kingdom. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Royal Society of Edinburgh (1788). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Vol. 46. Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh.
- ^ Browne, Edward T. (1907). "LXIV.—A revision of the Medusœ belonging to the family Laodiceidæ". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 20 (120). Taylor and Francis, Ltd: 457–480. doi:10.1080/00222930709487370.