Crossota millsae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Trachymedusae |
Family: | Rhopalonematidae |
Genus: | Crossota |
Species: | C. millsae
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Binomial name | |
Crossota millsae Thuesen, 2003
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Synonyms | |
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Crossota millsae is a species of deep-sea hydrozoan. [1] These small ocean-dwelling creatures are bioluminescent; the light emitted by these jellyfish serves as a defense or warning to other creatures. [2] 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.
Crossota millsae was first described from the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and California. [1] It was subsequently found in the Arctic Ocean [3] [4] and in Guayanilla Canyon off Puerto Rico. [5] NOAA researchers who filmed this species in 2018 near Puerto Rico called it a "psychedelic" jellyfish. [6] 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. [7]
It was named after Dr. Claudia Mills, a marine scientist at the Friday Harbor Laboratories.
Crossota millsae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Trachymedusae |
Family: | Rhopalonematidae |
Genus: | Crossota |
Species: | C. millsae
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Binomial name | |
Crossota millsae Thuesen, 2003
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Synonyms | |
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Crossota millsae is a species of deep-sea hydrozoan. [1] These small ocean-dwelling creatures are bioluminescent; the light emitted by these jellyfish serves as a defense or warning to other creatures. [2] 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.
Crossota millsae was first described from the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and California. [1] It was subsequently found in the Arctic Ocean [3] [4] and in Guayanilla Canyon off Puerto Rico. [5] NOAA researchers who filmed this species in 2018 near Puerto Rico called it a "psychedelic" jellyfish. [6] 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. [7]
It was named after Dr. Claudia Mills, a marine scientist at the Friday Harbor Laboratories.