''Crossota alba'' is a species of

hydrozoan Hydrozoa (hydrozoans; ) are 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 species can be large, and in some cases the specialized ...

in the family

Rhopalonematidae Rhopalonematidae is a family of hydrozoans. The family comprises 15 genera and 36 species. Genera *'' Aglantha'' (4 species) *'' Aglaura'' (monotypic – ''Aglaura hemistoma'') *'' Amphogona'' (3 species) *'' Arctapodema'' (4 species) *'' Bent ...

. this species does not have

sessile Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: * Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about * Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant * Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...

stage as other

hydromedusae Hydrozoa (hydrozoans; ) are 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 species can be large, and in some cases the specialized ...

. Crossota is spread all over the ocean and lives their life in water as plankton. Crossota alba are commonly distributed in the west coast waters of India.Santhakumari, V., and V. Nair. Distribution of Hydromedusae from the exclusive economic zone of the west and east coast of India. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences 28:150-157

References

Rhopalonematidae Animals described in 1913 {{hydrozoa-stub