Vampyrocrossota

Vampyrocrossota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Medusozoa
Class: Hydrozoa
Subclass: Trachylinae
Order: Trachymedusae
Family: Rhopalonematidae
Genus: Vampyrocrossota
Thuesen, 1993
Species
  • Vampyrocrossota childressi

Vampyrocrossota is a genus of jellyfish of the family Rhopalonematidae.[1] The genus only contains one species.[2] 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 Vampyrocrossota is only known from the Pacific Ocean off California and Oregon.[3]

References

  1. ^ Thuesen, E.V. 1993. Vampyrocrossota childressi, a new genus and species of black medusa from the bathypelagic zone off California (Cnidaria: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106 (1): 190-194. http://biostor.org/cache/pdf/a3/f3/cc/a3f3cc72a73958a5bc0da92920424458.pdf
  2. ^ Vampyrocrossota childressi Thuesen, E.V. 1993.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291274.
  3. ^ 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