Crossota millsae
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Template:Taxobox Crossota millsae is a species of deep-sea jellyfish.[1] Males and females have both been described, and it reproduces sexually. They are viviparous and females brood baby medusae attached to the gastric canals inside the sub-umbrellar space.
Distribution
Crossota millsae was first described from the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and California.[1] It was subsequently found in the Arctic Ocean.[2] It lives below 1 km depth in all three regions. Its highest abundance is found at 2500 m off California and 1250 m off Hawaii.
Etymology
It was named after Dr. Claudia Mills, a marine scientist at the Friday Harbor Laboratories.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ http://www.mpcfaculty.net/kevin_raskoff/arctic.htm
