Aeginopsis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hydrozoa |
Order: | Narcomedusae |
Family: | Solmundaeginidae |
Genus: | Aeginopsis Brandt, 1835 |
Species: | A. laurentii
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Binomial name | |
Aeginopsis laurentii Brandt, 1838
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Aeginopsis is a genus of deep sea hydrozoan of the family Aeginidae.[1] It is monotypic, with the single species Aeginopsis laurentii
Habitat
[edit]Found in arctic and sub-arctic waters, and is usually found on shelves, less commonly in offshore waters, but no deeper then 500 m.
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