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Bathykorus

Bathykorus

GBIF:124956138

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Genus Bathykorus gen. nov.

Four (rarely 5) primary tentacles and peronia, manubrial pouches 3x tentacle number (rarely more); peripheral canal system absent or reduced; with secondary marginal tentacles in equal number to primary tentacles; no otoporpae.

Raskoff, Kevin A. (2010): Bathykorus bouilloni: a new genus and species of deep-sea jellyfish from the Arctic Ocean (Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae, Aeginidae). Zootaxa 2361: 57-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.193628MagnoliaPress via PlaziNo known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

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CLASSIFICATION

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AnimaliaCnidariaHydrozoaNarcomedusaeAeginidaeBathykorus

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Source Information

Bathykorus bouilloni: a new genus and species of deep-sea jellyfish from the Arctic Ocean (Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae, Aeginidae)

checklist

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Raskoff, Kevin A. (2010): Bathykorus bouilloni: a new genus and species of deep-sea jellyfish from the Arctic Ocean (Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae, Aeginidae). Zootaxa 2361: 57-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.193628

Abstract

A new genus and species of a common deep-water narcomedusa is described from the Arctic Ocean. The species has four primary tentacles, four secondary tentacles, with three interradial manubrial pouches in each quadrant. A revision and taxonomic key of the family Aeginidae is presented to account for the new genus. Detailed information on its finescale vertical and horizontal distributions show that it occurs in a fairly narrow depth range between 1400–2000 meters. The species was observed 423 times at eleven stations, demonstrating that new species can be common in the underexplored regions of the ocean.

Key words: Jellyfish, ROV, biodiversity, vertical distribution, Cnidaria, medusae, Canada Basin, Northwind Ridge, Chukchi Plateau

Raskoff K A, plazi (2010). Bathykorus bouilloni: a new genus and species of deep-sea jellyfish from the Arctic Ocean (Hydrozoa, Narcomedusae, Aeginidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.193628 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-17.

CC0Published 12/31/2010View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
124956138
Dataset Key
34e5a0a8-8181-48cb-bc9e-daa3d2fd89fb
Origin
source
Backbone Key
6180409
Taxon ID
3D24C725E73CFFF6FF06FA42FEF7F9C6.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026
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