Biology:Benthocodon

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Short description: Genus of hydrozoans

Benthocodon
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Trachymedusae
Family: Rhopalonematidae
Genus: Benthocodon
Larson & Harbison, 1990
Type species
Benthocodon hyalinus
Larson & Harbison, 1990

Benthocodon is a genus of hydrozoans of the family Rhopalonematidae.[1] The genus contains two known species: Benthocodon hyalinus[2] and Benthocodon pedunculatus,[3] however due to the small size and red pigmentation, they can easily be confused with related genera.[4] Unlike many hydromedusae, these jellyfish do not have a sessile stage. Rather, they spend their entire lives in the water column as plankton. The genus Benthocodon can be found near the sea floor in the Pacific Ocean from Antarctica to California[5] to the Arctic Ocean.[6]

References

  1. Larson, R. J. and Harbison, G. R. (1990). Medusae from McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea including the descriptions of two new species, Leuckartiara brownei and Benthocodon hyalinus. Polar Biology 11: 19-25.
  2. Benthocodon hyalinus Larson & Harbison, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Benthocodon pedunculatus Bigelow, 1913. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  4. Matsumoto, George I.; Bentlage, Bastian; Sherlock, Rob; Walz, Kristine; Robison, Bruce H. (2020). ""Little Red Jellies" in Monterey Bay, California (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae)". Frontiers in Marine Science 6 (January). doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00798. 
  5. "Benthocodon". http://jellieszone.com/benthocodon.htm. 
  6. Benthocodon hyalinus, Arctic Ocean biodiversity

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