Fig. 51. Pseudaegina rhodina with 5 in Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream

Fig. 51. Pseudaegina rhodina with 5 tentacles. (A-C) BFLA4015, size 18 mm. (D) BFLA4047, size 16 mm. (E-F) BFLA4067, size 20 mm. (G) BFLA4322, size 15 mm. (A) Lateral view. (B) Higher magnification of tentacle root (rte, arrow), note inflection towards below (= oral). (C) Details of bell margin. (D) Aboral view, note the (temporary) folding of mouth margin. (E-F) Medusa which has recently fed and its stomach is full of prey. Note the particular, most likely transitory, formation of a mouth tube and folded mouth margin, shown at higher magnification in F. (G). Lateral view. Abbreviations: man – manubrium/ stomach covering conical jelly cone, mmp – distal margin of manubrial pouch, pca – peripheral canal, per – peronium, rte – tentacle root, smp – septum in middle of manubrial pouch, sta – statocyst.