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A common midwater Arctic jellyfish
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Comprehensive Description
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clear translucent, with white or blue hues; 11-12 marginal tentacles in 16 groups (easily broken); 8 radial canals; top of bell with a knob-shpped process
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Habitat
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Primarily Arctic, with records in the subarctic Atlantic; Bathypelagic; ROV observations between 900 and 2600 m, while plankton nets suggest slightly greater numbers below 2000 m, than between 1000-2000 m
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Botrynema brucei
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Botrynema brucei is a common mid-water Arctic hydrozoan, of the family Halicreatidae.[1]
Characteristics
The length of its body is up to 3 cm and is clear translucent, with white or blue hues. It has 11-12 marginal tentacles in 16 easily broken groups and 8 radial canals. The top of bell has a knob-shopped process.
Habitat
It is primarily found in the Arctic Ocean, with some records in the subarctic Atlantic. Bathypelagic ROV observations have been recorded between 900 and 2600 m, while plankton nets suggest slightly greater numbers below 2000 m, than of between 1000 and 2000 m
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Botrynema brucei: Brief Summary
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Botrynema brucei is a common mid-water Arctic hydrozoan, of the family Halicreatidae.
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Biology
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only medusae, direct development, planktonic in deep water
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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Habitat
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Bathypelagic
Census of Marine Zooplankton, 2006. NOAA Ship Ronald H Brown, deployment RHB0603, Sargasso Sea. Peter Wiebe, PI. Identifications by L. Bercial, N. Copley, A. Cornils, L. Devi, H. Hansen, R. Hopcroft, M. Kuriyama, H. Matsuura, D. Lindsay, L. Madin, F. Pagè
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Habitat
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Abyssopelagic
Census of Marine Zooplankton, 2006. NOAA Ship Ronald H Brown, deployment RHB0603, Sargasso Sea. Peter Wiebe, PI. Identifications by L. Bercial, N. Copley, A. Cornils, L. Devi, H. Hansen, R. Hopcroft, M. Kuriyama, H. Matsuura, D. Lindsay, L. Madin, F. Pagè
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