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Solmundella bitentaculata Haeckel 1879 Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Cnidaria |
| Superclass |
Hydrozoa |
| Class |
Hyrdoidomedusae |
| Subclass |
Narcomedusae |
| Family |
Aeginidae |
| Genus |
Solmundella |
Size
- The umbrella can be up to 72 mm wide but is usually much smaller.
Distinguishing characteristics
- Notable for having only two long and conspicuous tentacles.
- It has 8 stomach pouches (O’Sullivan 1982a).
- Solmundella bitentaculata has a circum-polar distribution in the Southern Ocean, occurring everywhere between the surface and about 1000 m (O’Sullivan 1982a). It has been recorded from waters off N.S.W. and Tasmania.
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