Desmonema glaciale | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Scyphozoa |
Order: | Semaeostomeae |
Family: | Cyaneidae |
Genus: | Desmonema |
Species: | D. glaciale
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Binomial name | |
Desmonema glaciale Larson, 1986
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Desmonema glaciale, known as the Antarctic giant jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish in the family Cyaneidae. The species can only be found in the Southern Ocean near the coast of Antarctica.[1][2] The species Hyperia macrocephala has been found living inside the jellyfish.[3]