Crossota

Crossota
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hydrozoa
Order:	Trachymedusae
Family:	Rhopalonematidae
Genus:	Crossota; Vanhoffen, 1902
Species
	Crossota alba; Crossota brunnea; Crossota millsae; Crossota norvegica; Crossota rufobrunnea;

Crossota is a genus of hydrozoans of the family Rhopalonematidae. The genus comprises five species. Unlike most hydromedusae, these do not have a sessile stage. Rather, they spend their entire lives in the water column as plankton. The genus Crossota is widespread throughout the oceans.

Species

References

^ Thuesen, Erik V. (2003). "Crossota millsae (Cnidaria: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae), a new species of viviparous hydromedusa from the deep sea off California and Hawaii". Zootaxa. 309: 1–12. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.309.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.309.1.1/7628.

World Register of Marine Species.

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[1] Thuesen, Erik V. (2003). "Crossota millsae (Cnidaria: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae), a new species of viviparous hydromedusa from the deep sea off California and Hawaii". Zootaxa. 309: 1–12. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.309.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.309.1.1/7628.

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