Crambione cooki

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Crambione cooki is a rare species of jellyfish in the family Catostylidae.[1] After its original discovery and description in 1910 by Alfred Gainsborough Mayer,[2] it was later presumed extinct, until 2013 when it was sighted off the Australian coast in Queensland.[3] Crambione cooki was originally described as having a bell diameter of 11 centimeters and arms approximately 27cm long.

Crambione cooki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Rhizostomeae
Family: Catostylidae
Genus: Crambione
Species:
C. cooki
Binomial name
Crambione cooki
Mayer, 1910

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Crambione cooki". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ Carnegie Institution of Washington; Washington, Carnegie Institution of (1910). Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Vol. 3. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington.
  3. ^ Diaz, Jesus. "Deadly Cookii monster discovered in Australia". Gizmodo. Gizmodo.com. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

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