''Solmundella'' is a genus of

hydrozoan Hydrozoa (hydrozoans; from Ancient Greek ('; "water") and ('; "animals")) is a taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline water. The colonies of the colonial sp ...

in the

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Solmundaeginidae Solmundaeginidae is a family of hydrozoans in the order Narcomedusae. Taxonomy The following genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil or ...

. It is monotypic, with the single species ''Solmundella bitentaculata''.

Distribution

This species is found in: *

Ross Sea The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who ...

, Antarctica. * European waters * Gulf of Mexico * Kenya * New Zealand * North West Atlantic * Mediterranean Sea

Ecology

''Solmundella bitentaculata'' is an

epipelagic The photic zone (or euphotic zone, epipelagic zone, or sunlight zone) is the uppermost layer of a body of water that receives sunlight, allowing phytoplankton to perform photosynthesis. It undergoes a series of physical, chemical, and biological ...

and

mesopelagic The mesopelagic zone (Greek language, Greek μέσον, middle), also known as the middle pelagic or twilight zone, is the part of the pelagic zone that lies between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones. It is defined by light ...

species.WoRMS (2010). Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). In: Schuchert, P. World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117267 on 2011-01-31 It feeds on the gastropod ''

Limacina antarctica ''Limacina rangii'' is a species of swimming sea snail in the family Limacinidae,Bouchet, P. (2014). Limacina rangii (d'Orbigny, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id ...

''.Larson R. J. & Harbison G. R. (1990). "Medusae from Mcmurdo Sound, Ross Sea including the descriptions of two new species, ''Leuckartiara brownei'' and ''Benthocodon hyalinus''". ''Polar Biology'' 11(1): 19-25. .

References

Solmundaeginidae Hydrozoan genera {{Hydrozoa-stub