Atollidae

Atollidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Coronatae
Family: Atollidae
Bigelow, 1913
Genus: Atolla
Haeckel, 1880
Species[1]
  • Atolla chuni
  • Atolla gigantea
  • Atolla parva
  • Atolla russeli
  • Atolla vanhoeffeni
  • Atolla wyvillei

Atollidae is a family of jellyfish, in the Coronatae order. The family consists of only one genus, Atolla (Haeckel 1880). The Atolla genus was originally proposed by Haeckel in 1880 and elevated to the family level by Henry Bigelow in 1913.[1]

Atolla is a genus of crown jellyfish. The six known species inhabit the mesopelagic zone.[2] The medusae possess multiple lobes called lappets at the bell margin.[2] Medusae also have eight tentacles, alternating with eight rhopalia, and there are twice as many lappets as tentacles. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2011). "Atolla Haeckel, 1880". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 M. Daly, M. R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A. G. Collins, M. N. Dawson, D. G. Fautin, S. C. France, C. S. McFadden, D. M. Opresko, E. Rodrigues, S. L. Romanos & J. L. Stakes (2007). Z.-Q. Zhang & W. A. Shear, ed. "Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy" (PDF). Zootaxa 1668: 127–182. |chapter= ignored (help)
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