Aequorea tenuis, or the flat jellyfish, is a species of hydrozoan found off the coastline of mainland North America. It reaches only two inches in diameter, with more than eighty fine tentacles. As with several other species of Aequorea, these jellyfish bioluminesce from the base of their tentacles when disturbed.

Aequorea tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Leptothecata
Family: Aequoreidae
Genus: Aequorea
Species:
A. tenuis
Binomial name
Aequorea tenuis

References

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  • Goodwin, G; Bogert, C M; Gilliard, E; Coates, C W; "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life", Odham Books, 1961. Volume 13, p. 1666.