Benthocodon
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Trachymedusae |
| Family: | Rhopalonematidae |
| Genus: | Benthocodon Larson & Harbison, 1990 |
| Type species | |
| Benthocodon hyalinus Larson & Harbison, 1990
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Benthocodon is a genus of hydrozoans of the family Rhopalonematidae.[1] The genus contains two known species: Benthocodon hyalinus[2] and Benthocodon pedunculatus,[3] however due to the small size and red pigmentation, they can easily be confused with related genera.[4] 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 Benthocodon can be found near the sea floor in the Pacific Ocean from Antarctica to California[5] to the Arctic Ocean.[6]
References[]
- ^ Larson, R. J. and Harbison, G. R. (1990). Medusae from McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea including the descriptions of two new species, Leuckartiara brownei and Benthocodon hyalinus. Polar Biology 11: 19-25.
- ^ Benthocodon hyalinus Larson & Harbison, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Benthocodon pedunculatus Bigelow, 1913. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Matsumoto, George I.; Bentlage, Bastian; Sherlock, Rob; Walz, Kristine; Robison, Bruce H. (2020). ""Little Red Jellies" in Monterey Bay, California (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae)". Frontiers in Marine Science. 6 (January). doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00798.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
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