Aeginopsis laurentii Brandt, 1838
A four tentacled jelly sometimes abundant on Arctic shelves
Size
- body upto 2 cm
Color & Characteristics
- clear translucent
- 4 prominent tentacles emerge well above the bell margin
- 4 stomach pouches per quadent
Habitat
- Arctic and sub-arctic
- usually found on shelves, less commonly in offshore waters, but no deeper then 500 m
- damaged speciemens easily confused with confused with the new species Bathykorus bouilloni which is restricted to deeper waters
Feeding
- Diet is unknown, but other narcomedusae are known to feed primarily on other gelantinous taxa
Life cycle
- Holplanktonic, with an identifiable "larval" stage
- generation time likely one year, life expectancy unknown
Page Author: Kevin Raskoff & Russ Hopcroft
Created: Sept 15, 2010
