Species Chrysaora wurlerra Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
DRAFT RECORD
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- Chrysaora wurlerra Gershwin, L. & Zeidler, W. 2008. Some new and previously unrecorded Scyphomedusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from southern Australian coastal waters. Zootaxa 1744: 1–18 [11-15, pl. 5].
Type data:
Holotype AM AM G13681 female specimen, preserved in formalin (Bell diameter 125.9 mm, longest oral arm 92.7 mm.), Nobby Beach, Hawkesbury River, NSW, coll. R. Haddock, 16.10.1968 [33°33’S 151°14’E]
Comment: Numerous paratypes are also held.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Type locality: Hawkesbury River, New South Wales.
Australian Endemic.
Diagnosis
Chrysaora with 40 tentacles, with crescentic row of vacuoles at base of each central tentacle per octant; with tentacles flat and ribbon-like, in conspicuous 2-1-2 arrangement; with oral arms long and tapering; reaching over 125 mm BD.
History of changes
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| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |