Crossota millsae

Crossota millsae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Medusozoa
Class: Hydrozoa
Subclass: Trachylinae
Order: Trachymedusae
Family: Rhopalonematidae
Genus: Crossota
Species: C. millsae
Binomial name
Crossota millsae
Thuesen, 2003
Synonyms

Crossota millsaeare (lapsus)

Crossota millsae is a species of deep-sea jellyfish.[1] Males and females have both been described, and it reproduces sexually. They are viviparous and females brood baby medusae attached to the gastric canals inside the sub-umbrellar space.

Distribution

Crossota millsae was first described from the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and California.[1] It was subsequently found in the Arctic Ocean[2][3] and in Guayanilla Canyon off Puerto Rico.[4] It lives below 1 km depth in all four regions. Its highest abundance is found at 2500 m off California and 1250 m off Hawaii. In the Arctic Ocean, it has been observed sitting on the seafloor.[5]

Etymology

It was named after Dr. Claudia Mills, a marine scientist at the Friday Harbor Laboratories.

References

  1. 1 2 Thuesen, E.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 http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/zt00309.pdf
  2. http://www.mpcfaculty.net/kevin_raskoff/arctic.htm
  3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8231000/8231553.stm
  4. http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1502/dailyupdates/media/ex1502-0416-jelly.html
  5. Raskoff, K.A., R.R. Hopcroft, K.N. Kosobokova, J.E. Purcell, & M. Youngbluth, 2009. Jellies under ice: ROV observations from the Arctic 2005 hidden ocean expedition, Deep-Sea Research Part II

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