Solmundella bitentaculata
Encyclopedia
Solmundella bitentaculata is a species of narcomedusa jellyfish in the family
Aeginidae
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Solmundella bitentaculata feeds on the gastropod Limacina antarctica
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Aeginidae
Aeginidae
Aeginidae is a family of jellyfish in the order Narcomedusae. Most of the genera include only a single species.-Characteristics:Jellyfish with dome-shaped bells and tentacles set above the undulating margin of the bell. There are gastric pouches containing the gonads situated between the tentacles,...
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Distribution
This species is found in:- Ross SeaRoss SeaThe Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land.-Description:The Ross Sea was discovered by James Ross in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is Ross Island with the Mt. Erebus volcano, in the east Roosevelt Island. The southern part is covered...
, Antarctica. - European waters
- Gulf of Mexico
- Kenya
- New Zealand
- North West Atlantic
- Mediterranean Sea
Ecology
Solmundella bitentaculata is an epipelagic and mesopelagicMesopelagic
The mesopelagic is that part of the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 200 to 1000 metres below the ocean surface. It lies between the photic epipelagic above and the aphotic bathypelagic below, where there is no light at all...
species.
Solmundella bitentaculata feeds on the gastropod Limacina antarctica
Limacina antarctica
Limacina antarctica is a species of swimming sea snail in the family Limacinidae, which belong to the group commonly known as sea butterflies ....
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