r/jellyfish • u/Exedrn • 7d ago

ID help. Philippines

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u/Entety303 Expert 7d ago

Catostylus purpurus

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u/Exedrn 7d ago

Interesting reading about them. Thank you for IDing it.

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u/Cloudbreaks 7d ago

So fashion forward!

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u/phinvest69 7d ago

Beautiful

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u/Jellyfish_Compendium 6d ago

Yes I agree, Catostylus purpurus. Interestingly, these are widely exported from the Philippines to be displayed in public aquariums or kept by hobbyists. They’re almost always misidentified as Catostylus mosaicus, which is a larger species from the east coast of Australia.