Rhopilema hispidum Vanhöffen, 1888

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Rhopilema hispidum Vanhöffen, 1888

( Fig. 1k )

Class: Scyphozoa

Family: Rhizostomatidae (Claus 1883)

Genus: Rhizostoma (Macri 1778)

Description: This species is locally known as “sand type ” jellyfish (trade name) and “ulbu kiburu” (sandpaper jellyfish) in Indonesia. The wide exumbrella has 16 radial canals and eight rhopalia. The exumbrella has numerous small and sharply pointed warts. The species has eight oral arms with large scapulets and many tentacles ( Kramp 1961). The exumbrella diameter ranges from 450- 480 mm.

Distribution and habitat: This edible species inhabits the Klang Strait. It also occurs in Penang, Pulau Pangkor and Lumut, on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Figures

Fig. 1. Jellyfish species collected in Malaysian waters. Cubozoan jellyfish; Morbakka sp. (a), Chiropsoides buitendijki (b); Scyphozoan jellyfish; Acromitus flagellatus (c), Catostylus townsendi (d), Cephea cephea (e), Chrysaora chinensis (f), Cyanea sp. (g), Lobonemoides robustus (h), Mastigias sp. (i), Phyllorhiza punctata (j), Rhopilema hispidum (k) and Rhopilema esculentum (l).