title: Atorella
text: # Atorella
  
  Atorella is a genus of crown jellyfish. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Atorellidae and includes five species. Members of this family are known from the eastern coast of Africa and the western coast of Panama.
  
  ## Characteristics
  
  Members of this genus are characterised by having exactly six tentacles and six rhopalia, twelve marginal lappets and twelve pedalia. The bell ranges from 5 to 17 mm (0.20 to 0.67 in) in diameter. The bell is colourless and transparent and the four orange gonads can be seen inside. The mouth has four lips.
  
  ## Species
  
  The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:-
  
  * Atorella arcturi Bigelow, 1928
  * Atorella japonica Kawaguti & Matsuno, 1981
  * Atorella octogonos Mills, Larson & Young, 1987
  * Atorella sibogae Leloup, 1937
  * Atorella subglobosa Vanhöffen, 1902
  * Atorella vanhoeffeni Bigelow, 1909
  