Species Coeloplana mellosa Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie, 2010
- Coeloplana mellosa Gershwin, L., Zeidler, W. & Davie, P.J.F. 2010. Ctenophora of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3): 1-45 [13-18, figs. 1F-G, 2A, B].
Type data:
Holotype QM QM-G329570 2.5cm long in life; preserved in formalin (commensal on Sarcophyton sp. (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae)), off Townsville in June 2005.
Paratype(s) SAMA SAM-H1596 1 specimen, 2cm long in life; preserved in formalin, (same data as holotype); SAMA SAMXH00437 two specimens in alcohol, (same data as holotype).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Diagnosis
Coeloplana on Sarcophyton host; with brown translucent body with whitish ectodermal fine meshwork pattern, appearing to the unaided eye as a whitish body with hundreds of tiny brown dots; in live animals, papillae about 20, cylindrical, in longitudinal X-pattern through the statocyst; or in preserved specimens over 100, in 16 rows, in three sizes, of two types; with four-lobed statocyst palps.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTENOPHORA Eschscholtz, 1829 | 24-May-2012 | ADDED | Dr Lisa Gershwin |