First record of the crowned jellyfish Netrostoma coerulescens (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from Pakistani waters

This report presents the first record of the crowned jellyfish Netrostoma coerulescens from Pakistani waters and establishes its first confirmed record from the Arabian Sea. The jellyfish is briefly described and compared with its congeners. In the region, this is the second record of the genus; the first was Netrostoma setouchianum .

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