Botrynema
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Botrynema ellinorae |
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Botrynema is a genus of jellyfish from the family of Halicreatidae with two types.
features
Botrynema have a diameter of up to 25 millimeters and have eight wide radial canals, on the outside of which the oval gonads can also be found. In each octant (the eight body sections) there are two groups of 11-12 tentacles , in a circle around the edge there are another eight individually standing tentacles. There are 3 club-shaped sense organs placed between the groups of tentacles.
distribution
Botrynema brucei is found in all oceans, Botrynema ellinorae is limited in its distribution to arctic waters.
Systematics
The genus contains two types:
swell
- Jean Bouillon, Ferdinando Boero: Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hydromedusae of the world, with a list of the worldwide species , in: Thalassia Salentina, Vol. 24, 2000, pp. 65-66, PDF Online
- FS Russell: Trachymedusae. , in: Fich. Ident. Zooplancton, Vol. 164, 1980, pp. 3-4, PDF online
Individual evidence
- ^ PL Kramp: Synopsis of the Medusae of the World. , in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1961, Vol. 40, pp. 243-248, PDF Online ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
