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| Jelly blubber | |
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| Jelly blubber in Port Phillip Bay, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Rhizostomeae |
| Family: | Catostylidae |
| Genus: | Catostylus |
| Species: | C. mosaicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Catostylus mosaicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
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Catostylus mosaicus is also known as the jelly blubber or blue blubber jellyfish.[1] The jelly blubber is distinguishable by its color, which ranges from light blue to a dark blue or purple, and its large (250-300mm[2]), rounded bell which pulses in a staccato rhythm.[1] It occurs along the coastline of Eastern Australia in estuaries and shallow bays, and often blooms to high abundance.[3]
- ^ a b "Blue Blubber Jelly". National Aquarium. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
- ^ Loveridge, Alexandra; Pitt, Kylie A.; Lucas, Cathy H.; Warnken, Jan (June 2021). "Extreme changes in salinity drive population dynamics of Catostylus mosaicus medusae in a modified estuary". Marine Environmental Research. 168: 105306. Bibcode:2021MarER.16805306L. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105306. hdl:10072/403935. ISSN 0141-1136. PMID 33839400.
- ^ Browne, J. G.; Kingsford, M. J. (2005-02-24). "A commensal relationship between the scyphozoan medusae Catostylus mosaicus and the copepod Paramacrochiron maximum". Marine Biology. 146 (6): 1157–1168. Bibcode:2005MarBi.146.1157B. doi:10.1007/s00227-004-1517-1. ISSN 0025-3162.