''Nausithoe simplex'' is a species of
crown jellyfish
Crown jellyfishes are the six family (biology), families of Scyphozoa, true jellyfish that belong to the Order (biology), order Coronatae.Daly, Brugler, Cartwright, Collins, Dawson, Fautin, France, McFadden, Opresko, Rodriguez, Romano & Stake (2 ...
in the family
Nausithoidae
Nausithoidae is a family of jellyfish.
Genera
*''Nausithoe''
** '' Nausithoe albatrossi'' (Maas, 1897)
** '' Nausithoe atlantica'' (Broch, 1914)
** '' Nausithoe aurea'' Da Silveira & Morandini, 1997
** '' Nausithoe challengeri'' (Haeckel, 1880)
...
. The species is found in the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...
, and are
gonochoric.
References
Nausithoidae
Animals described in 1890
Cnidarians of the Indian Ocean
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