FIGURE 8. Nausithoe maculata. C–E in A morphological review of the jellyfish genus Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853 (Nausithoideae, Coronatae, Scyphozoa, Cnidaria)

FIGURE 8. Nausithoe maculata. C–E: NMNH 57660. A—Side view of adult medusa from SE Florida (photo: © Linda Ianniello 2015). B—Side view of adult medusa from W Palm Beach, Florida, note the dark eggs inside the gonads (photo: © Suzan Meldonian 2016). C—Oral view of the medusa, showing the mouth (mo) and gonads (g). D—Aboral view of the medusa, showing the coronal groove (cg) and gastrovascular cavity (gc) with cirri. E—Detail of rhopalium (rh), with statocyst (s) and ocellus (e), and marginal lappets (ml) with the yellow pigment spot (ps), essential for identifying this species.