| Family: |
Lucernariidae () |
| Max. size: |
8.5 cm WD (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine |
| Distribution: |
Northeast Atlantic: Barents Sea. |
| Diagnosis: |
Calyx up to 8.5 cm wide and 9 cm high; peduncle about half as long as height of calyx; perradial notches between arms about twice as wide and deep as the interradial; each arm with 150 to 200 tentacles; gonads very broad, with numerous (about 300) separate, sac-like pouches; body transparent with pink gonads and violet tentacles. |
| Biology: |
Species recorded below a 200 meter depth (Ref. 116634). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
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