Aglantha digitale Müller, 1776
The most common surface-dwelling jellyfish in Arctic and sub-arctic waters
Size
- bell height up to 4 cm
Color & Characteristics
- clear translucent, bell taller than breadth, with a small conical apical projection
- ~80 marginal tentacles generally destroyed during capture
- 8 radial canals, 8 statocysts
- long gastric peduncle with 4 small simple lips
- 8 white, sausage shaped gonads often obvious in larger individuals
Habitat
- Widely distributed Arctic/sub-arcitc species
- Typically found above 200 m
- Both on shelves (neritic) and over basins (oceanic), but more common over deeper waters than shallow areas
Feeding
- Diet is unknown
Life cycle
- Holoplanktonic, without a polyp stage
- Generation time 1 year
- Life cycle 1 year, possibly 2 in the Arctic
Page Author: Kevin Raskoff & Russ Hopcroft
Created: Aug 20, 2010
