Nanomia bijuga

Nanomia bijuga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophorae
Family: Agalmatidae
Genus: Nanomia
Species:
N. bijuga
Binomial name
Nanomia bijuga

Nanomia bijuga, first described by Stefano Delle Chiaje in 1844 and originally named Physsophora bijuga, is a species of mesopelagic siphonophore in the family Agalmatidae[1] As with all members of the siphonophorae order, it is a colonial organism composed of individual zooids.[2] N. bijuga has a fairly broad distribution, and has been observed in the coastal waters off of North America and Europe.[3] The species has been found to occupy both epipelagic and mesopelagic depths.[4] They utilize specialized swimming zooids for both propulsion and escape behaviors.[5] Similar to other siphonophores, Nanomia bijuga employ stinging tentacles for hunting and defense.[2] They primarily feed on small crustaceans, especially krill.[6][7]

  1. ^ Berrill NH (1930). "On the Occurrence and Habits of the Siphonophore, Stephanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 16 (3): 753–755. Bibcode:1930JMBUK..16..753B. doi:10.1017/s0025315400073069. ISSN 0025-3154.
  2. ^ a b Church SH, Siebert S, Bhattacharyya P, Dunn CW (July 2015). "The histology of Nanomia bijuga (Hydrozoa: Siphonophora)". Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part B, Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 324 (5): 435–449. Bibcode:2015JEZB..324..435C. doi:10.1002/jez.b.22629. PMC 5032985. PMID 26036693.
  3. ^ "Nanomia bijuga (Delle Chiaje, 1844)". WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-03-21 – via www.marinespecies.org.
  4. ^ Robison BH, Reisenbichler KR, Sherlock RE, Silguero JM, Chavez FP (August 1998). "Seasonal abundance of the siphonophore, Nanomia bijuga, in Monterey Bay". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 45 (8–9): 1741–1751. Bibcode:1998DSRII..45.1741R. doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(98)80015-5.
  5. ^ Du Clos KT, Gemmell BJ, Colin SP, Costello JH, Dabiri JO, Sutherland KR (December 2022). "Distributed propulsion enables fast and efficient swimming modes in physonect siphonophores". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119 (49): e2202494119. Bibcode:2022PNAS..11902494D. doi:10.1073/pnas.2202494119. PMC 9894174. PMID 36442124.
  6. ^ "Common siphonophore". Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Purcell_1981 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).