Subspecies Cyanea annaskala marginata Von Lendenfeld, 1885

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• Cyanea annaskala marginata von Lendenfeld, R. 1885. Local colour varieties of Scyphomedusae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 925–928 [928].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, epipelagic, estuary, marine, medusivorous, neritic, planktonic.

Diagnosis

Cyanea annaskala with mouth arms with purple at the free margin, but otherwise appear colourless; common in Port Jackson.

Diagnosis References

von Lendenfeld, R. 1885. Local colour varieties of Scyphomedusae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 925–928 [928]

General References

Condon, R. 1997. A review of the Lion's Mane jellyfishes, genus Cyanea (Scyphozoa: Cyaneidae), of Australian coastal waters. Melbourne : Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne 50 pp.

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