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''Diplulmaris antarctica'' is a species of Antarctic jellyfish in the family
This species grows up to in diameter. ''Diplulmaris antarctica'' has 16 - 48 laterally compressed, white tentacles and a white frontal lobe. It has reddish-orange stomach gastrodermis and frilled oral arms of the same colour.
This jellyfish is normally infested with '' Hyperiella dilatata''. These hyperiid amphipods appear as white dots on the surface of the bell, and do not appear to eat the medusa.
Ulmaridae
The Ulmaridae are a family of jellyfish.
Genera
Formerly, the genus '' Phacellophora'' was also included in this family, but is now placed in the family Phacellophoridae.Straehler-Pohl, I., C. L. Widmer, and A. C. Morandini (2011). ''Characteri ...
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Description
This species grows up to in diameter. ''Diplulmaris antarctica'' has 16 - 48 laterally compressed, white tentacles and a white frontal lobe. It has reddish-orange stomach gastrodermis and frilled oral arms of the same colour.
This jellyfish is normally infested with '' Hyperiella dilatata''. These hyperiid amphipods appear as white dots on the surface of the bell, and do not appear to eat the medusa.
Diet
''Diplulmaris antarctica'' feeds oncopepods
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), a number of species have p ...
, euphausiid larvate, medusae, ctenophore
Ctenophora (; ctenophore ; ) comprise a phylum of marine invertebrates, commonly known as comb jellies, that inhabit sea waters worldwide. They are notable for the groups of cilia they use for swimming (commonly referred to as "combs"), and ...
, fish larvae, and molluscan pteropods such as ''Clione antarctica'' and ''Limacina antarctica''.Larson R. J. & Harbison G. R. (1990). "Medusae from Mcmurdo Sound, Ross Sea including the descriptions of two new species, ''Leuckartiara brownei'' and ''Benthocodon hyalinus''". ''Polar Biology'' 11(1): 19-25. .
Distribution
This species is found in Antarctica including the Antarctic Peninsula in continental shelf waters near the surface.References
Further reading
*Pelagic Scyphomedusae (Scyphozoa: Coronatae and Semaeostomeae) of the Southern Ocean. RJ Larson. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union, 1986 *Antarctic Ecology, Volume 1. MW Holdgate, ed. NY: Academic Press, 1970. pp244–258 *Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique 73(2):139-158, 1997; 5: Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique 73(2):123-124, 1997 {{Taxonbar, from=Q1942831 Ulmaridae Animals described in 1908