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A stalked jellyfish - Lucernariopsis campanulata

Lucernariopsis campanulata

Image Keith Hiscock - Lucernariopsis campanulata. Image width ca 3 cm.
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Lucernariopsis campanulata recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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  • UK_BAP
Taxonomy icon Taxonomy Taxon English term
Phylum Cnidaria Sea anemones, corals, sea firs & jellyfish
Authority (J.V. Lamouroux, 1815)
Recent synonyms None
Map icon Recorded Distribution in Britain and Ireland Lucernariopsis campunulata may be found all around coasts of the British Isles but less frequently on the east coast.
Habitat information icon Habitat information Lucernariopsis campunulata inhabit the lower shore and shallow sublittoral of rocky coasts, commonly found on algae and seagrasses.
Text page icon Description Lucernariopsis campunulata has a funnel-shaped bell, which may grow to 5 cm in height. The colour is always uniform but varies between red, green or brown. The umbrella surface has a wart like appearance with groups of turquoise spots (nematocyst storage vesicles). Each of the eight arms has approximately 45 tentacles, the outer ones displaying significant basal swelling. Long, narrow gonads extend to the tip of each arm.
Identifying features
  • Eight arms.
  • Uniformly coloured with groups of turquoise spots.
  • Eight long narrow gonads.
  • No anchor (primary tentacle) between each arm (see additional information).
Additional information icon Additional information Anchors (primary tentacles) are present in certain species of Strauromedusae (e.g. Haliclystus salpinx) between the arms. These are used by the animal to attach to substratum and allow it to move in a cartwheeling fashion.

This review can be cited as follows:

Jessica Heard 2007. Lucernariopsis campanulata. A stalked jellyfish. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 24/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=3733>