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Dinner plate jelly

Solmissus incisa (Fewkes, 1886)

Status not recordedjellyfish and corals

The dinner plate jelly (Solmissus incisa) is a species in the family Cuninidae, order Narcomedusae.

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Quick facts about the dinner plate jelly

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dinner plate jelly live?

Not recorded

Is the dinner plate jelly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dinner plate jelly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumCnidaria
  3. classHydrozoa
  4. orderNarcomedusae
  5. familyCuninidae
  6. genusSolmissus
  7. SpeciesSolmissus incisa (Fewkes, 1886)

Synonyms Solmaris incisa, Solmissus incisus, Solmisus incisa

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • narkomedúzka zářezováCzech
  • カッパクラゲJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dinner plate jelly

Other species in the same genus Solmissus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the dinner plate jelly?

The dinner plate jelly (Solmissus incisa) belongs to the family Cuninidae in the order Narcomedusae.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dinner plate jelly (Solmissus incisa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dinner-plate-jelly

MLA

“Dinner plate jelly (Solmissus incisa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dinner-plate-jelly.

BibTeX
@misc{dinner_plate_jelly_2026,
  title = {Dinner plate jelly (Solmissus incisa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dinner-plate-jelly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}