Atolla chuni

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Atolla chuni is a species of crown jellyfish within the family Atollidae.[1] The species is found distributed in the Southern Ocean and some parts of the southern Pacific and Atlantic Ocean in pelagic environments at depths of up to 5198 meters.[2][3] Individuals have been found with partially digesting remains of large Calanoida copepods, chaetognaths, Hyperiidea amphipods, and krill attached to the gastric cirri. It grows to a length of 7 centimeters.[3]

Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Scyphozoa
Order:Coronatae
Family:Atollidae
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Atolla chuni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Scyphozoa
Order: Coronatae
Family: Atollidae
Genus: Atolla
Species:
A. chuni
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Atolla chuni
Vanhöffen, 1902
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