Species Malo bella Gershwin, 2014

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• Malo bella Gershwin, L.-A. 2014. Two new species of box jellies (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from the central coast of Western Australia, both presumed to cause Irukandji syndrome. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29: 10-19 [16].
  Zoobank Registration Number:org:act:A4DE4BCD-C9D5-4683-901A-AABD532650C6tion

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM Z27971, approx. 300 m east of the sandy beach in front of the Harold E. Holt Memorial Communications Base, Exmouth Gulf [21°53'28.37''S 114°08'57.47''E (est. GPS from Google Earth)].
  Paratype(s) NTM C14617, C5143, C14617 4 specimens, Trimoville Island, Western Australia [20°24'S 115°34'E].

 

Introduction

Previously referred to as "Dampier Irukandji" (Gershwin 2005a,b, 2007); Malo n. sp. A "Dampier Irukandji" (Gershwin 2006) — paratype NTM C14617; "Undescribed species of Malo … known from the islands off Exmouth" (Gershwin et al. 2013).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Montebello Islands.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, marine, neritic.

 

General References

Gershwin, L. 2005. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Australian Cubozoa. Unpublished PhD thesis. School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD. 221 pp. 49 pls

Gershwin, L. 2005. Two new species of jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from tropical Western Australia, presumed to cause Irukandji Syndrome. Zootaxa 1084: 1–30

Gershwin, L. 2007. Malo kingi: A new species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), possibly lethal to humans, from Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 1659: 55–68

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	MEDUSOZOA Petersen, 1979	19-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Lisa Gershwin
		13-Aug-2013	MODIFIED