Benthocodon hyalinus Larson 1990
A newly recordered jelly for the Arctic
Size
- body upto 2 cm
Color & Characteristics
- Clear/milky-white
- hundreds of tenacles near the bell margin
Habitat
- Mesopelagic/Bathypelagic
- Bipolar?
- A new record for the Arctic Ocean, Benthocodon hyalinus was previously known mainly from the Antarctic.
- Observed in the Arctic by ROVs on the bottom or within a few meters of bottom, at 620 and 630m, and once on the bottom at 2093 m
Feeding
- Diet is unknown
Life cycle
- Likely Holplanktonic
- generation time and life expectancy unknown
Page Author: Kevin Raskoff & Russ Hopcroft
Created: Sept 15, 2010