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Atolla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Order
  
Crown jellyfish

Class
  
Scyphozoa

Rank
  
Genus

Atolla httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Family
  
Atollidae Bigelow, 1913

Similar
  
Atolla jellyfish, Crown jellyfish, Periphylla, Periphyllidae, Linuchidae

Atolla ophelia


Atolla is a genus of crown jellyfish in the order Coronata. The genus Atolla was originally proposed by Haeckel in 1880 and elevated to the monotypic family level, as Atollidae by Henry Bigelow in 1913. The six known species inhabit the mesopelagic zone. The medusae possess multiple lobes called lappets at the bell margin. Medusae also have eight tentacles, alternating with eight rhopalia, and twice as many lappets occur as tentacles.

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Atolla Wikipedia