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Species Cassiopea maremetens Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie, 2010


Compiler and date details

June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin

 

Diagnosis

Cassiopea with a broad, shallow, aboral concavity; with about 19 rhopalia; with four square lappets per paramere; with oral arms round in cross section, about 1.5 times as long as bell radius, with 4–6 alternate branches, bifurcated distally; with 1–2 appendages stemming from the central point of the disk, plus one at the base of each pair of oral arms, plus one at distal bifurcation of each oral arm, or lacking; colouration uniform beige to brown to olive green, lacking exumbrellar white blotches or streaks, ocelli not observed.

 

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 22-Jan-2018 MODIFIED Dr Lisa Gershwin
31-May-2012 ADDED