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Bougainvillia superciliaris
Bougainvillia superciliaris (Agassiz, 1849)
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Family:  Bougainvilliidae ()
Max. size:  0.9 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:  pelagic-neritic; marine; depth range 0 - 100 m
Distribution:  Arctic, Northern Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Mostly polar, but also subtropical and boreal.
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:  Neritic (Ref. 120409). Found on bay and nearshore (Ref. 116013). Colonial (Ref. 19). 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). Also on hard substrate (Ref. 116013).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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