Solmundella
Solmundella | |
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Solmundella bitentaculata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Narcomedusae |
Family: | Solmundaeginidae |
Genus: | Solmundella Haeckel, 1879 |
Species: | S. bitentaculata |
Binomial name | |
Solmundella bitentaculata | |
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Solmundella is a genus of hydrozoan in the family Solmundaeginidae. It is monotypic, with the single species Solmundella bitentaculata.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is found in:
- Ross Sea, Antarctica.[2]
- European waters [3]
- Gulf of Mexico [3]
- Kenya [3]
- New Zealand [3]
- North West Atlantic [3]
- Mediterranean Sea
Ecology
[edit]Solmundella bitentaculata is an epipelagic and mesopelagic species.[4] It feeds on the gastropod Limacina antarctica.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Solmundella Haeckel, 1879". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)".
- ^ 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