Solmundella | |
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Solmundella bitentaculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Narcomedusae |
Family: | Solmundaeginidae |
Genus: | Solmundella Haeckel, 1879 |
Species: | S. bitentaculata |
Binomial name | |
Solmundella bitentaculata | |
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Solmundella is a genus of hydrozoan in the family Solmundaeginidae. It is monotypic, with the single species Solmundella bitentaculata. [1]
This species is found in:
Solmundella bitentaculata is an epipelagic and mesopelagic species. [4] It feeds on the gastropod Limacina antarctica . [2]
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