Species Acromitoides purpurus (Mayer, 1910)
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
DRAFT RECORD
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- Catostylus purpurus Mayer, A.G. 1910. Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, The Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution 735 pp., 76 pls. [reprinted by A. Asher & Co., 1977] [671].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 27980 (11 March 1908, coll. by U.S. Fisheries Bureau steamer Albatross), Manila Bay, Philippines.
Paratype(s) USNM 27934 (7 specimens, collected 9 December 1907 by U.S. Fisheries Bureau steamer Albatross), Manila Bay, Philippines.
Generic Combinations
- Acromitoides purpurus (Mayer, 1910).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Reported from NT by Kramp (1965) and Williamson et al. (1996); Philippines
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, neritic, planktonic.
Diagnosis
115 mm wide, 35 mm high, exumbrella smooth; in each octant four cleft and two simple velar lappets (two median and two lateral lappets are cleft); mouth-arms shorter than radius of bell, lower three-winged portion 5–7 times as long as upper cylindrical portion; uniform dark brownish-purple
Diagnosis References
Kramp, P.L. 1961. Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469 [368]
General References
Kramp, P.L. 1965. Some medusae (mainly Scyphomedusae) from Australian coastal waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 89: 257–278, pl. 1–3 (distribution)
History of changes
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |