Atolla
Sign in to saveAtolla is a genus of crown jellyfish in the order Coronatae. 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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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassScyphozoa
- OrderCoronatae
- FamilyAtollidae
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Atolla is a genus of crown jellyfish in the order Coronatae. 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.
==Species== Atolla bairdii Fewkes, 1886 Atolla chuni Vanhöffen, 1902 Atolla clara Gershwin & Gordon, 2014 Atolla gigantea Maas, 1897 Atolla parva Russell, 1958 Atolla reynoldsi Matsumoto et al., 2022 Atolla russelli Repelin, 1962 Atolla tenella Hartlaub, 1909 Atolla valdiviae Vanhöffen, 1902 Atolla vanhoeffeni Russell, 1957 Atolla verrillii Fewkes, 1886 Atolla wyvillei Haeckel, 1880