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Phylum Cnidaria > jellyfish > Class Scyphozoa > Order Rhizostomeae
Jellyfish with fat oral arms
Family Catosylidae
updated Feb 09

Catostylus sp.
Bell about 10cm in diameter, with fat sausage-like oral arms, several seen in pools. Changi Apr 05

Filmed at Tanah Merah, Dec 10


Tanah Merah, Dec 10
Photo shared by Loh Kok Sheng on his blog.

Acromitus sp.
Bell about 6-8 in diameter. Each fat sausage-like oral arm has a long 'tail'. In shallow lagoons on our Northern shores. Moves in short bobs as they energetically contract their small bells.

Tuas, Jun 02

Filmed at Pasir Ris mangroves, Dec 10.

mangrove jellyfish from BeachBum on Vimeo.



Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Feb 09

Photo shared by Brandon Chia


Changi May 06

Chek Jawa, Apr 08

Pulau Ubin, Apr 09

Unidentified jellyfish
Bell about 8cm in diameter, with fat sausage-like oral arms, several seen in shallow area. It may be Rhopilema sp. or Acromitus sp. a closer look at small details under the bell is required to be sure.
Tuas, Mar 06


Unidentified jellyfish
Bell about 10cm in diameter
. Terumbu Bemban, Apr 11


Acknowlegement
With grateful thanks to Dr Michael N Dawson of the University of California, Merced for identification of these jellyfishes.

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