Crossota
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Crossota is a genus of jellyfish of the family Rhopalonematidae. The genus comprises five species. Unlike most hydromedusae, these jellyfish do not have a sessile
stage. Rather, they spend their entire lives in the water column as plankton. The genus Crossota is widespread throughout the oceans.
Sessility (zoology)
In zoology, sessility is a characteristic of animals which are not able to move about. They are usually permanently attached to a solid substrate of some kind, such as a part of a plant or dead tree trunk, a rock, or the hull of a ship in the case of barnacles. Corals lay down their own...
stage. Rather, they spend their entire lives in the water column as plankton. The genus Crossota is widespread throughout the oceans.
Species
- Crossota alba
- Crossota brunnea
- Crossota millsaeCrossota millsaeCrossota millsae is a species of deep-sea jellyfish. Males and females have both been described, and it reproduces sexually. They are viviparous and females brood baby medusae attached to the gastric canals inside the sub-umbrellar space.-Distribution:...
- Crossota norvegicaCrossota norvegicaCrossota norvegica is a species of jellyfish in the phylum Cnidaria in the genus Crossota. It is closely related to Crossota millsae. It lives under the Arctic Ocean.-Philatelic Error:...
- Crossota rufobrunnea