Atolla is a genus of crown jellyfish in the order Coronatae. The genus Atolla was originally proposed by Haeckel in 1880 and elevated to the monotypic family level, as Atollidae by Henry Bigelow in 1913. The six known species inhabit the mesopelagic zone. The medusae possess multiple lobes called lappets at the bell margin. Medusae also have eight tentacles, alternating with eight rhopalia, and twice as many lappets occur as tentacles.
Species
Atolla bairdii Fewkes, 1886
Atolla chuni Vanhöffen, 1902
Atolla clara Gershwin & Gordon, 2014
Atolla gigantea Maas, 1897
Atolla parva Russell, 1958
Atolla reynoldsi Matsumoto et al., 2022
Atolla russelli Repelin, 1962
Atolla tenella Hartlaub, 1909
Atolla valdiviae Vanhöffen, 1902
Atolla vanhoeffeni Russell, 1957
Atolla verrillii Fewkes, 1886
Atolla wyvillei Haeckel, 1880
References
External links
Video of Atolla reynoldsi swimming, by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 2022 [scroll down]