Aeginopsis laurentii Brandt 1838

A four tentacled jelly sometimes abundant on Arctic shelves

Holplanktonic, with an identifiable "larval" stage; generation time likely one year, life expectancy unknown

Diet is unknown, but other narcomedusae are known to feed primarily on other gelantinous taxa

clear translucent; 4 prominent tentacles emerge well above the bell margin; 4 stomach pouches per quadent

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