Species Cassiopea ndrosia Agassiz & Mayer, 1899
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
- Cassiopea ndrosia Agassiz, A. & Mayer, A.G. 1899. Acalephae from the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 32: 157-189, pls 1-17 [175].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 1 specimen; 14 November 1897, Suva Harbour; whereabouts unknown numerous specimens; 27 November 1897, Komo Island; whereabouts unknown 1 specimen; 3 January 1898, Suva Harbour
Comment: Possibly held at Museum Comparative Zoology at Harvard.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Reported in QLD by Stiasny (1933) and Kramp (1965), and from SA by Southcott (1982). Recorded in NSW by Keable & Ahyong (2016).
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, estuary, marine, neritic, sedentary, zooxanthellate.
Diagnosis
Cassiopea with a body 50 mm wide, with shallow concavity at centre of exumbrella; 18-22 rhopalia; lappets very indistinct, four in each octant; mouth-arms cylindrical, 1 1/2 times as long as bell radius, branched tree-like; numerous small, flattened, expanded, leaf-shaped vesicles between mouths; no ribbon-like filaments.
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 [350]
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
Southcott, R.V. 1982. Jellyfishes (Classes Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa). pp. 115–159 in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.
Stiasny, G. 1933. Ueber Cassiopea ndrosia Ag. & May. aus den australischen Gewassern. Proc. Acad. Sci. Amst. 36: 913–922, 1 text-fig
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | MEDUSOZOA Petersen, 1979 | 22-Jan-2018 | MODIFIED | Dr Lisa Gershwin |
| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |