| Phyllorhiza punctata | |
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| Phyllorhiza punctata off the north coast of Haiti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Family: | Mastigiidae |
| Genus: | Phyllorhiza |
| Species: | P. punctata
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllorhiza punctata Lendenfeld, 1884
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Phyllorhiza punctata is a species of jellyfish, also known as the floating bell, Australian spotted jellyfish, brown jellyfish or the white-spotted jellyfish. It is native to the western Pacific from Australia to Japan, but has been introduced widely elsewhere. It feeds primarily on zooplankton. P. punctata generally can reach up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in bell diameter,[1][2] but in October 2007, one 74 cm (29 in) wide, perhaps the largest ever recorded, was found on Sunset Beach, North Carolina.[3]
- ^ Bishop Museum (2002). Phyllorhiza punctata. Hawaii Biological Survey, Bishop Museum. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
faunanetwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Australian spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata) - Collection record". nas.er.usgs.gov. Retrieved 24 March 2024.