[Cubo-/Scyphomedusae] (1) in Cubomedusae, an extension of the lower edge of the bell at each corner, supporting the tentacle(s). In chirodropids they are palmate with a tentacle on each “ finger” ; but in carybdeids having more than one tentacle at each corner each pedalium is separate from the others; (2) in Coronata, pedalia are “ radial thickenings of the jelly on the peripheral zone of the exumbrella between the coronal groove and the bases of the marginal lappets” (Russell, 1970, p. 27). See also palmate.