Английская Википедия:Crossota millsae
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Crossota millsae is a species of deep-sea hydrozoan.[1] These small ocean-dwelling creatures are bioluminescent; the light emitted by these jellyfish serves as a defense or warning to other creatures.[2] 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[3][4] and in Guayanilla Canyon off Puerto Rico.[5] NOAA researchers who filmed this species in 2018 near Puerto Rico called it a "psychedelic" jellyfish.[6] It lives below 1 km depth in all four regions. Its highest abundance is found at 2500 m off California and 1250 m off Hawaii. In the Arctic Ocean, it has been observed sitting on the seafloor.[7]
Etymology
It was named after Dr. Claudia Mills, a marine scientist at the Friday Harbor Laboratories.
References
External links
- A widely reproduced photograph of C. millsae from the Arctic Ocean. Шаблон:Webarchive
- An in situ photograph taken near the Davidson Seamount off California.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
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- ↑ BBC - Earth News - In pictures: Icy jellies
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- ↑ Raskoff, K.A., R.R. Hopcroft, K.N. Kosobokova, J.E. Purcell, & M. Youngbluth, 2009. Jellies under ice: ROV observations from the Arctic 2005 hidden ocean expedition, Deep-Sea Research Part II