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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Order: | Trachymedusae |
| Family: | Halicreatidae |
| Genus: | Halitrephes Bigelow, H. B. (1909) |
| Species: | H. maasi |
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| Halitrephes maasi Bigelow, H. B. (1909) | |
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Halitrephes maasi, commonly known as the firework jellyfish, is a species of deep-sea hydrozoan of the family Halicreatidae. Sightings have been reported at depths of 4,000 to 5,000 feet (1,200 to 1,500 m) near the Revillagigedo Archipelago off the Baja California Peninsula.
Although not much is known regarding this species, H. maasi has been observed in both temperate and tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, Antarctic, Mediterranean, and eastern Pacific. This hydromedusa is typically bathypelagic, most commonly found in oxygen-minimal zones and deep waters.
Like all cnidarians, H. maasi is a diploblastic acoelomate metazoan. It has only one opening that functions as both its mouth and its anus.
References
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Halitrephes maasi Bigelow, 1909". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
- Gili, J. M.; Bouillon, J.; Pages, F.; Palanques, A.; Puig, P.; Heussner, S. (1998-06-30). "Hidromedusas profundas del Mediterráneo: Un estudio que incluye la descripción de dos nuevas especies recolectadas en cañones submarinos del Mediterráneo Occidental". Scientia Marina. 62 (1–2). doi:10.3989/scimar.1998.62n1-2113. hdl:10261/23360. ISSN 1886-8134.
- Corrales-Ugalde, Marco; Quesada, Andrés J.; Naranjo-Elizondo, Beatriz; Cortés, Jorge (September 2018). "New records of gelatinous zooplankton from an oceanic island in the Eastern Tropical Pacific". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 98 (6): 1219–1226. doi:10.1017/S0025315417000558. ISSN 0025-3154. S2CID 91093507.
- Hoving, P. N.; Hauss, H.; Christiansen, S.; Kiko, R.; Robison, B. H.; Silva, P.; Körtzinger, A. (2020). "In situ observations show vertical community structure of pelagic fauna in the eastern tropical North Atlantic off Cape Verde". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 21798. Bibcode:2020NatSR..1021798H. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-78255-9. PMC 7733502. PMID 33311534.
- Gasca, Rebeca; Loman-Ramos, Lucio (2014). "Biodiversidad de Medusozoa (Cubozoa, Scyphozoa e Hydrozoa) en México". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 85, Supp. 1: 154–163. doi:10.7550/rmb.32513.
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