Atolla chuni

Atolla chuni (Vanhöffen, 1902)

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Family:	Atollidae ()
Max. size:	7 cm WD (male/unsexed)
Environment:	pelagic; marine; depth range 4 - 3660 m
Distribution:	Southeast Pacific, Southern Atlantic, Western Indian Ocean and the Antarctic: from Amapa, Brazil to Weddell Sea and throughout the Antarctic.
Diagnosis:
Biology:	Size refers to bell diameter (Ref. 121705). Depth based on occurrence; to be replaced with a better reference (Ref. 123239). Offshore (Ref. 813). Found in deep waters (Ref. 123239). Reported to have partially digested, large calanoid copepods, chaetognaths, hyperiid amphipods, and euphausiids attached to their gastric cirri, suggesting consumption of these prey items before capture (Ref. 122852).
IUCN Red List Status:	Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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