Atolla chuni
Appearance
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Atolla chuni Top 1-2. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Scyphozoa |
Order: | Coronatae |
Family: | Atollidae |
Genus: | Atolla |
Species: | A. chuni
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Binomial name | |
Atolla chuni Vanhöffen, 1902
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Atolla chuni is a species of crown jellyfish within the family Atollidae.[1] The species is found distributed in the Southern Ocean and some parts of the southern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean in pelagic environments at depths of up to 5198 meters.[2][3] Individuals have been found with partially digesting remains of large Calanoida copepods, chaetognaths, Hyperiidea amphipods, and krill attached to the gastric cirri. It grows to a length of 7 centimeters.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Atolla chuni Vanhöffen, 1902". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ "Atolla chuni Vanhöffen 1902 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
- ^ a b "Atolla chuni". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-30.