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| jellyfish text index | photo index and hydroid text index | photo index |
| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa | jellyfish |
| Thread-tentacled
jellyfish Aequorea sp. Family Aequoreidae updated Aug 2025 Where seen? This small jellyfish sometimes seen on stranded on our shores. Several may be seen, and then none seen again for some time. Features: Bell about 5-8cm, long thin thread-like tentacles from the edges of the bell 10-15cm long. Bell has radiating white patterns. Those washed ashore look like blobs of jelly. Status and threats: There is inadequate information as at 2024 to make an informed assesment of its conservation status in Singapore. |
 Tuas, Apr 04 |
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 Washed ashore. Chek Jawa, Apr 02 |
 Chek Jawa, Oct 07 |
*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, the animals are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Thread-tentacled jellyfishes on Singapore shores |
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
 Pasir Ris Park, Jan 20Photo shared by Kelvin Yong on facebook. |
Beting Bronok, Jun 10
| Family Aequoreidae recorded for Singapore from Checklist of Cnidaria (non-Sclerectinia) Species with their Category of Threat Status for Singapore by Yap Wei Liang Nicholas, Oh Ren Min, Iffah Iesa in G.W.H. Davidson, J.W.M. Gan, D. Huang, W.S. Hwang, S.K.Y. Lum, D.C.J. Yeo, May 2024. The Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened plants and animals of Singapore. 3rd edition. National Parks Board. 663 pp.
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| Acknowlegement Grateful thanks to Prof Michael N Dawson of the University of California, Merced for the identification. Links
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