Species Bazinga rieki Gershwin & Davie, 2013
DRAFT RECORD
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- Bazinga reiki Gershwin, L. & Davie, P.J.F. 2013. A remarkable new jellyfish (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from coastal Australia, representing a new suborder within the Rhizostomeae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56(2): 625–630 [Date published 30 June] [626].
Type data:
Holotype QM QM-G331996 male (Specimen 18.7 mm BD, collected at high tide in shallow water by Denis Riek, 04.12.2011), Brunswick River, NSW.
Paratype(s) QM QM-G331997 2 specimens (Specimens male 15.5 mm BD, gravid female 14.0 mm BD, collected at high tide, under road bridge, by Denis Riek, 16.11.2011), Cudgen Creek, Hastings Point, NSW; QM QM-G331998 2 specimens (Specimens gravid female 16.4 mm BD, male 13.7 mm BD, collected in rock pools at low tide, by Denis Riek, 14.11.2011), Seagull Rocks, Brunswick Heads, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Diagnosis
Monotypic, as for the suborder.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | MEDUSOZOA Petersen, 1979 | 17-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Lisa Gershwin |
| 13-Aug-2013 | ADDED |