Cotylorhiza erythraea Stiasny, 1920 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae): a new lessepsian jellyfish in the Lebanese waters, the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Ali Badreddine, Ghazi Bitar

ORCID IDs: A.B. 0000-0003-4576-7400; G.B. 0000-0003-0270-5613

Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Hadath, Beirut, LEBANON

Abstract

The Indo-Pacific jellyfish Cotylorhiza erythraea Stiasny, 1920 is reported for the first time from the Lebanese waters. The species was observed and photographed by a professional diver on 28 July 2020 at a depth of 5 m in Tyre, south of Lebanon. The present note presents details about this observation.

Keywords: Indo-Pacific jellyfish, Cotylorhiza erythraea, Mediterranean Sea, Lebanese waters

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