Species Aurelia coerulea Von Lendenfeld, 1884
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
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Distribution
States
New South Wales
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, epipelagic, estuary, marine, neritic, planktonic.
Diagnosis
Aurelia with 16 small ocular and 16 velar flaps, divided from the former by deep incisions, but from each other only by a shallow groove. The mouth arms are broad, straight, and a little longer than the margin of the umbrella; rounded at the end. The centrifugal branches of the canal system divide at larger angles than in other species, so that the ramification has by no means a slender appearance; there are very few anastomoses only.
Diagnosis References
Von Lendenfeld, R. 1884. The scyphomedusae of the southern hemisphere. Part III. - Conclusion. IV. Ordo - Discomedusae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 259–306 [280]
Notes
Originally described from Port Jackson, subsequently reported in NSW by Whitelegge, 1889; Stiasny, 1924c; Dakin & Colefax, 1933; and in QLD by Gorman, 1988.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |