Halitrephes maasi, commonly known as the firework jellyfish, is a species of deep-sea hydrozoan of the family Halicreatidae. Sightings have been reported at depths of 4,000 to 5,000 feet (1,200 to 1,500 m) near the Revillagigedo Archipelago off the Baja California Peninsula.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Trachymedusae |
| Family: | Halicreatidae |
| Genus: | Halitrephes Bigelow, H. B. (1909) |
| Species: | H. maasi
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| Binomial name | |
| Halitrephes maasi Bigelow, H. B. (1909)
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Although not much is known regarding this species, H. maasi has been observed in both temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, Antarctic, Mediterranean,[2] and eastern Pacific.[3] This hydromedusa is typically bathypelagic, most commonly found in oxygen-minimal zones and deep waters.[4]
Like all cnidarians, H. maasi is a diploblastic acoelomate metazoan. It has only one opening that functions as both its mouth and its anus. [5]
References
edit- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Halitrephes maasi Bigelow, 1909". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- ^ Gili, J. M.; Bouillon, J.; Pages, F.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Heussner, S. (1998-06-30). "Hidromedusas profundas del Mediterráneo: Un estudio que incluye la descripción de dos nuevas especies recolectadas en cañones submarinos del Mediterráneo Occidental". Scientia Marina. 62 (1–2). doi:10.3989/scimar.1998.62n1-2113. hdl:10261/23360. ISSN 1886-8134.
- ^ Corrales-Ugalde, Marco; Quesada, Andrés J.; Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz; Cortés, Jorge (September 2018). "New records of gelatinous zooplankton from an oceanic island in the Eastern Tropical Pacific". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 98 (6): 1219–1226. doi:10.1017/S0025315417000558. ISSN 0025-3154. S2CID 91093507.
- ^ Hoving, P. N.; Hauss, H.; Christiansen, S.; Kiko, R.; Robison, B. H.; Silva, P.; Körtzinger, A. (2020). "In situ observations show vertical community structure of pelagic fauna in the eastern tropical North Atlantic off Cape Verde". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 21798. Bibcode:2020NatSR..1021798H. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-78255-9. PMC 7733502. PMID 33311534.
- ^ Gasca, Rebeca; Loman-Ramos, Lucio (2014). "Biodiversidad de Medusozoa (Cubozoa, Scyphozoa e Hydrozoa) en México". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 85, Supp. 1: 154–163. doi:10.7550/rmb.32513.
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