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Drymonema larsoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Semaeostomeae
Family:	Drymonematidae
Genus:	Drymonema
Species:	D. larsoni
Binomial name
Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson, 2010

Drymonema larsoni (also known as the "pink meanie") is a species of jellyfish belonging to the class Scyphozoa. Following a mass sighting in 2000 in the Gulf of Mexico, the species and the rest of its genus were put in their own family, a new subset of the true jellyfish. They were originally thought to be a member of the same family as the lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata Linnaeus, but they were shown to have morphological and molecular differences. Drymonema larsoni prey heavily upon jellyfish species belonging to the genus Aurelia, and they play an important role in controlling the population of these species.

References

1. Ker Than, ""Pink Meanie" Pictures: New Jellyfish Attacks Other Jellies", National Geographic, archived from the original on January 26, 2011, retrieved 5 September 2015
2. Bayha, Keith M.; Graham, William M.; Higgins III, John E.; Fletcher, Heather A. (1 July 2012). "Predation potential of the jellyfish Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson (Scyphozoa: Drymonematidae) on the moon jellyfish Aurelia sp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico". Hydrobiologia. 690 (1): 189–197. doi:10.1007/s10750-012-1038-8.
3. Bayha, Keith M.; Graham, William M.; Higgins III, John E.; Fletcher, Heather A. (1 July 2012). "Predation potential of the jellyfish Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson (Scyphozoa: Drymonematidae) on the moon jellyfish Aurelia sp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico". Hydrobiologia. 690 (1): 189–197. doi:10.1007/s10750-012-1038-8.

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