Solmundella bitentaculata
| Solmundella bitentaculata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Subclass: | Trachylinae |
| Order: | Narcomedusae |
| Family: | Aeginidae |
| Genus: | Solmundella |
| Species: | S. bitentaculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) | |
Solmundella bitentaculata is a species of narcomedusa jellyfish in the family Aeginidae.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in:
- Ross Sea, Antarctica.[2]
- European waters [3]
- Gulf of Mexico [4]
- Kenya [5]
- New Zealand [6]
- North West Atlantic [7]
- Mediterranean Sea
Ecology
Solmundella bitentaculata is an epipelagic and mesopelagic species.[1]
Solmundella bitentaculata feeds on the gastropod Limacina antarctica.[2]
References
- 1 2 WoRMS (2010). Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). In: Schuchert, P. World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117267 on 2011-01-31
- 1 2 Larson R. J. & Harbison G. R. (1990). "Medusae from Mcmurdo Sound, Ross Sea including the descriptions of two new species, Leuckartiara brownei and Benthocodon hyalinus". Polar Biology 11(1): 19-25. doi:10.1007/BF00236517.
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117267
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117267
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117267
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117267
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117267
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