Biology:Solmundella

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Short description: Genus of hydrozoans

Solmundella
Solmundella bitentaculata.jpg
Solmundella bitentaculata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Narcomedusae
Family: Solmundaeginidae
Genus: Solmundella
Haeckel, 1879
Species:
S. bitentaculata
Binomial name
Solmundella bitentaculata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms

(Genus)

  • Aeginella Haeckel, 1879

(Species)

  • Aeginella dissonema Haeckel, 1879
  • Aeginopsis mediterranea Müller, 1851
  • Carybdea bitentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Solmundella muelleri Haeckel, 1879

Solmundella is a genus of hydrozoan in the family Solmundaeginidae. It is monotypic, with the single species Solmundella bitentaculata.[1]

Distribution

This species is found in:

  • Ross Sea, Antarctica.[2]
  • European waters [3]
  • Gulf of Mexico [3]
  • Kenya [3]
  • New Zealand [3]
  • North West Atlantic [3]
  • Mediterranean Sea

Ecology

Solmundella bitentaculata is an epipelagic and mesopelagic species.[4] It feeds on the gastropod Limacina antarctica.[2]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Solmundella Haeckel, 1879" (in en). http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116997. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Larson R. J. & 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(1): 19-25. doi:10.1007/BF00236517.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117267. 
  4. WoRMS (2010). Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). In: Schuchert, P. World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117267 on 2011-01-31

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