Genus Carukia Southcott, 1967
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
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- Carukia Southcott, R.V. 1967. Revision of some Carybdeidae (Scyphozoa: Cubomedusae), including a description of the jellyfish responsible for the "Irukandji syndrome". Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 651–671 [653].
Type species:
Carukia barnesi Southcott, 1967 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Diagnosis
Small Cubomedusae with a single pedalium and tentacle at each interradius. Gastric cirri absent. Stomach moderately deep, with a fairly short manubrium and supported by only meagre suspensoria (“mesenteries”). Velarium with two canals in each octant. Exumbrella and velarium with prominent mamillations, one such being over the adperradial velarial canal.
Diagnosis References
Southcott, R.V. 1967. Revision of some Carybdeidae (Scyphozoa: Cubomedusae), including a description of the jellyfish responsible for the "Irukandji syndrome". Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 651–671 [653]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |