Species Coeloplana meteoris Thiel, 1968

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• Coeloplana meteoris Thiel, H. 1968. Coeloplana meteroris nov. spec. (Ctenophora, Platyctenea): Beschreibung und systematische stellung mit einem vergleich der gastrovascularsysteme in dieser ordnung. Sonderdruck aus 'Meteor' Forschungsergebnisse D 3: 1-13 [1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Meteor Station 118 on the Somali coast [08°26.2'N, 50°20.2'E].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Orpheus Island, NE QLD see Arnold (1993); Madagascar, Somalia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, free-living.

 

Diagnosis

Ctenophore benthic in soft sediments; ctenophore colour clear with yellow white reticulations covering body and red pigmentation around canals, tentacle sheaths and papillae

 

Diagnosis References

Matsumoto, G.I. & Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1996. Coeloplana scaberiae sp. nov., a new benthic ctenophore (Ctenophora: Platyctenida: Coeloplanidae) from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 29(1): 33-40 [38]

 

General References

Arnold, P. 1993. First record of ctenophore Coeloplana (Benthoplana) meteoris (Thiel, 1968) from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(1): 16 (reported from Orpheus Island, NE QLD)

Fricke, H.W. & Plante, R. 1971. Contribution à l'étude des cténophores platycténides de Madagascar: Ctenoplana (Diploctena n. s. gen.) neritica n. sp. et Coeloplana (Benthoplana n. s. gen.) meteoris (Thiel 1968). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 12: 57-75 (authors placed the species in the subgenus Benthoplana; reported species from NW Madagascar)

Matsumoto, G.I. 1999. Coeloplana thomsoni sp. nov., a new benthic ctenophore (Ctenophora: Platyctenida: Coeloplanidae) from western Australia. pp. 385-393 in Walker, D.I. & Wells, F.E. (eds). The Seagrass Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. (identification key)

Matsumoto, G.I. & Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1996. Coeloplana scaberiae sp. nov., a new benthic ctenophore (Ctenophora: Platyctenida: Coeloplanidae) from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 29(1): 33-40 (identification key)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)