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Stomatoca sp. (hydromedusa)

Location: Caught in a surface tow about 30 kilometers offshore of Georgetown, SC.

Notes: This unique jellyfish is rare nearshore, but is occasionally caught offshore in tropical of Gulf stream waters.

Collected by Dennis Allen, University of South Carolina and Bill Johnson, Goucher College.

Identified by Dale Calder, Royal Ontario Museum


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