Bougainvilliidae () |
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pelagic; marine |
Northeast Pacific: Alaska, Canada and USA. |
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). |
Fairly short-lived, occurring in late spring or summer and feeding especially on barnacle nauplii; preyed on by Aequorea and other medusivorous hydromedusae (Ref. 2376). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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harmless |
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