Alexander Semenov, Russland
Info
Lucernaria sainthilairei is a cup jellyfish, which are cnidarians that have the characteristics of a jellyfish and a polyp at the same time. They are solitary and semi-sessile.
The body of Lucernaria sainthilairei is transparent with pink gonads and purple tentacles.
There are 150 - 200 tentacles on each arm of the cup jellyfish, with which the cup jellyfish catches zooplankton.
The jellyfish, which can grow up to 9 cm high, lives in a fixed place, but can also move around.
Unlike normal polyps, they reproduce sexually.
However, they are not very common anywhere. 80% of the species are restricted to the northern hemisphere.
Most species of cup and stem jellyfish live mostly in temperate to cold waters of rocky coasts, from the intertidal to the shallow subtidal.
Very little is known about their way of life, but they feed on small crustaceans, similar to sea anemones.
The species name "sainthilairei " was chosen in honor of the French botanist Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (1779-1853), who travelled in Brazil between 1816 and 1853, perhaps collecting fish.
Synonyme: Lucernosa sainthilarei Redikorzev, 1925
The body of Lucernaria sainthilairei is transparent with pink gonads and purple tentacles.
There are 150 - 200 tentacles on each arm of the cup jellyfish, with which the cup jellyfish catches zooplankton.
The jellyfish, which can grow up to 9 cm high, lives in a fixed place, but can also move around.
Unlike normal polyps, they reproduce sexually.
However, they are not very common anywhere. 80% of the species are restricted to the northern hemisphere.
Most species of cup and stem jellyfish live mostly in temperate to cold waters of rocky coasts, from the intertidal to the shallow subtidal.
Very little is known about their way of life, but they feed on small crustaceans, similar to sea anemones.
The species name "sainthilairei " was chosen in honor of the French botanist Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (1779-1853), who travelled in Brazil between 1816 and 1853, perhaps collecting fish.
Synonyme: Lucernosa sainthilarei Redikorzev, 1925
