Drymonema larsoni

Drymonema larsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Scyphozoa
Order:	Semaeostomeae
Family:	Drymonematidae
Genus:	Drymonema
Species:	D. larsoni
Binomial name
	Drymonema larsoni; Bayha & Dawson, 2010

Drymonema larsoni (also known as the "pink meanie") is a species of jellyfish belonging to the class Scyphozoa. Following a mass sighting in 2000 in the Gulf of Mexico, the species and the rest of its genus were put in their own family, a new subset of the true jellyfish.^[1] Drymonema larsoni prey heavily upon jellyfish species belonging to the genus Aurelia, and they play an important role in controlling the population of these species.^[2]

References[edit]

^ Ker Than, ""Pink Meanie" Pictures: New Jellyfish Attacks Other Jellies", National Geographic, retrieved 5 September 2015
^ Bayha, Keith M.; Graham, William M.; Higgins III, John E.; Fletcher, Heather A. (1 July 2012). "Predation potential of the jellyfish Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson (Scyphozoa: Drymonematidae) on the moon jellyfish Aurelia sp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico". Hydrobiologia. 690 (1): 189–197. doi:10.1007/s10750-012-1038-8.

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[1] Ker Than, ""Pink Meanie" Pictures: New Jellyfish Attacks Other Jellies", National Geographic, retrieved 5 September 2015

[2] Bayha, Keith M.; Graham, William M.; Higgins III, John E.; Fletcher, Heather A. (1 July 2012). "Predation potential of the jellyfish Drymonema larsoni Bayha & Dawson (Scyphozoa: Drymonematidae) on the moon jellyfish Aurelia sp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico". Hydrobiologia. 690 (1): 189–197. doi:10.1007/s10750-012-1038-8.

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