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Species Catostylus mosaicus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)


Compiler and date details

June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin

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Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Catostylus mosaicus has been widely reported from Brisbane, QLD to Melbourne, VIC; it also occasionally extends into the tropics of QLD; Papua New Guinea, Philippines.


Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, estuary, marine, neritic, planktonic (host(s): Paramacrochiron maximum Thompson & Scott, 1903 [MACROCHIRONIDAE]).

Associated Fauna References

Browne, J.G. & Kingsford, M.J. 2005. A commensal relationship between the scyphozoan medusae Catostylus mosaicus and the copepod Paramacrochiron maximum. Marine Biology 146(6): 1157-1168 (Paramacrochiron maximum)

 

Diagnosis

Catostylus with the body 250–350 mm wide; exumbrella with coarse granulations; about 16 lappets in each oaant, all alike; arm-disk somewhat wider than bell radius; moutharms about 1.5 times as long as bell radius, proxima1 portion 1/6 as long as the distal, tapering, three-winged portion; outer edges branch profusely and taper to a pointed end below; no appendages; intracircular network rather narrow, with nearly radial meshes, extracircular network very wide and fine-meshed, extending into the lappets.

 

Notes

The species was originally described as a Cephea, then transferred to the genus Rhizostoma by Eschscholtz (1829: 53), then to Catostylus by L. Agassiz (1862: 152). Haeckel (1880: 622) then transferred it to the genus Crambessa, where it was regarded as valid by von Lendenfeld (1884d: 299). Subsequent authors have considered it a Catostylus.

 

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 CNIDARIA 05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 MEDUSOZOA Petersen, 1979 23-May-2022 MODIFIED Dr Lisa Gershwin
05-Aug-2022 MODIFIED