| Family: |
Bougainvilliidae () |
| Max. size: |
0.1 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
sessile; marine; depth range 500 - 800 m |
| Distribution: |
Northern Pacific, Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean: from Alaska south to Virginia, USA, then east to Germany. |
| Diagnosis: |
Bell measures 10 mm high and wide; manubrium varies from pink to white, with 4 very distinctive dichotomously-branched oral tentacles; 4 radial canals; 4 tentacle bulbs, each bearing similar tentacles (<60) and with its own dark ocellus; transparent umbrella (Ref. 2376). |
| Biology: |
Coastal, oceanic (Ref. 123765). Attached species (Ref. 3123). Fairly short-lived, occurring in late spring or summer and feeding especially on barnacle nauplii; preyed on by Aequorea sp. and other medusivorous hydromedusae (Ref. 2376). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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