Voragonema pedunculata

Voragonema pedunculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Medusozoa
Class: Hydrozoa
Subclass: Trachylinae
Order: Trachymedusae
Family: Rhopalonematidae
Genus: Voragonema
Species: V. pedunculata
Binomial name
Voragonema pedunculata
(Bigelow, 1913)

Voragonema pedunculata is a small red jellyfish with a diameter reaching 4 cm.,[1][2] It has 1000-2000 fine tentacles. It is found in the Pacific Ocean with known distributions in Monterey Bay, California, United States and the San Clemente Basin.

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