swap_horiz Moerisia lyonsi Alternatives

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Immortal Jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)

Turritopsis dohrnii is a very small hydrozoan jellyfish associated originally with the Mediterranean but now recorded in...

Tiny Mediterranean Hydrozoa Biologically Immortal

9.2 Excellent

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Crystal Jellyfish (Aequorea victoria)

The crystal jelly, Aequorea victoria, is a transparent hydrozoan medusa found along the Pacific coast of North America....

Transparent Pacific Bioluminescent Hydrozoa

9.2 Excellent

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Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis)

The Portuguese man o' war, Physalia physalis, is a pelagic hydrozoan composed of specialized individuals functioning tog...

Pelagic Colonial Venomous Hydrozoa

9.0 Excellent

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Warty Comb Jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)

The warty comb jelly, Mnemiopsis leidyi, is a transparent marine ctenophore native to Atlantic coastal waters of the Ame...

Atlantic Bioluminescent Invasive Ctenophora

8.5 Great

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Bluebottle (Physalia utriculus)

The bluebottle, commonly identified as Physalia utriculus in Indo-Pacific waters, is a colonial hydrozoan rather than a...

Australia Pacific Venomous Hydrozoa

8.3 Great

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Flower Hat Jellyfish (Olindias formosus)

The flower hat jellyfish, Olindias formosus, is a hydrozoan medusa found in coastal waters of the western Pacific, parti...

Rare Colorful Pacific Venomous

8.1 Great

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Halitrephes maasi

Halitrephes maasi is a deep-sea hydromedusa in the family Halicreatidae, known from the open ocean at substantial depths...

Pelagic Rare Colorful Deep Sea

8.1 Great

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Craspedacusta sowerbii (Freshwater Jellyfish)

Craspedacusta sowerbii is a small freshwater hydrozoan commonly called the freshwater jellyfish. Native to the Yangtze R...

Tiny Freshwater Invasive Hydrozoa

7.6 Good

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Clinging Jellyfish (Gonionemus vertens)

Gonionemus vertens, known as the clinging jellyfish, is a small hydrozoan native to the North Pacific Ocean that has sin...

Pacific Venomous Invasive Shallow

7.2 Good

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Muggiaea atlantica

Muggiaea atlantica is a calycophoran siphonophore, a colonial hydrozoan whose specialized individual units function toge...

Colonial Atlantic Invasive Hydrozoa

7.0 Good

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Cunina octonaria

Cunina octonaria is a small narcomedusa in the hydrozoan class, with a life cycle that includes a parasitic polypoid sta...

Small Pelagic Parasitic Hydrozoa

6.9 Fair

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Blackfordia virginica

Blackfordia virginica is a hydrozoan in the family Blackfordiidae that alternates between a small hydroid stage and a co...

Small Invasive Estuarine Hydrozoa

6.9 Fair

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Proboscidactyla ornata

Proboscidactyla ornata is a small hydrozoan whose medusa stage lives in association with the tubes of polychaete worms....

Small Coastal Filter Feeder Hydrozoa

6.8 Fair

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Maeotias marginata

Maeotias marginata is a hydrozoan medusa in the family Olindiidae that lives in low-salinity and brackish water. Its nat...

Venomous Invasive Estuarine Hydrozoa

6.7 Fair

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Phialidium gregarium

Phialidium gregarium is a leptomedusa, a type of hydrozoan jellyfish, recorded along the Pacific coast of North America....

Small Coastal Pacific Hydrozoa

6.6 Fair

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Solmaris leucostyla

Solmaris leucostyla is a hydrozoan jellyfish in the family Solmarisidae and order Narcomedusae. Narcomedusae are a disti...

Transparent Small Pelagic Hydrozoa

6.4 Fair

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Sarsia tubulosa

Sarsia tubulosa is a hydrozoan medusa in the family Corynidae. It is reported mainly from coastal boreal and Arctic wate...

Small Cold Water Predatory Hydrozoa

6.4 Fair

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Leuckartiara octona

Leuckartiara octona is a hydrozoan medusa in the family Pandeidae. Its umbrella is taller than wide and usually has a pr...

Small Coastal Atlantic Hydrozoa

6.4 Fair

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Vallentinia gabriellae

Vallentinia gabriellae is a small hydromedusa in the family Olindiidae, within the order Limnomedusae. It is not strictl...

Rare South America Estuarine Hydrozoa

6.3 Fair

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Liriope eurypta

A small oceanic trachymedusa found in warm seas worldwide, closely related to Liriope tetraphylla and distinguished by i...

Small Pelagic Tropical Hydrozoa

6.2 Fair