Drymonema larsoni
| Drymonema larsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Scyphozoa |
| Order: | Semaeostomeae |
| Family: | Drymonematidae |
| Genus: | Drymonema |
| Species: | D. larsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson, 2010 | |
Drymonema larsoni (also known as the "pink meanie") is a species of jellyfish belonging to the class Scyphozoa. Following a mass sighting in 2000 in the Gulf of Mexico, the species and the rest of its genus were put in their own family, a new subset of the true jellyfish. [1] They were originally thought to be a member of the same family as the lion's mane jellyfish, Cyanea capillata Linnaeus, but they were shown to have morphological and molecular differences. [2] Drymonema larsoni prey heavily upon jellyfish species belonging to the genus Aurelia, and they play an important role in controlling the population of these species.[3]
References
- ^ Ker Than, ""Pink Meanie" Pictures: New Jellyfish Attacks Other Jellies", National Geographic, archived from the original on January 26, 2011, retrieved 5 September 2015
- ^ Bayha, Keith M.; Graham, William M.; Higgins III, John E.; Fletcher, Heather A. (1 July 2012). "Predation potential of the jellyfish Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson (Scyphozoa: Drymonematidae) on the moon jellyfish Aurelia sp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico". Hydrobiologia. 690 (1): 189–197. doi:10.1007/s10750-012-1038-8.
- ^ Bayha, Keith M.; Graham, William M.; Higgins III, John E.; Fletcher, Heather A. (1 July 2012). "Predation potential of the jellyfish Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson (Scyphozoa: Drymonematidae) on the moon jellyfish Aurelia sp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico". Hydrobiologia. 690 (1): 189–197. doi:10.1007/s10750-012-1038-8.