Species Cyanea buitendijki Stiasny, 1919
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
DRAFT RECORD
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- Cyanea buitendijki Stiasny, G. 1919. Die Scyphomedusen-Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden. II, Stauromedusen, Coronatae, Semaeostomae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 5: 66–99, pls 2–3 [87].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH 2 specimens (coll. P. Buitendijk, April 1906), Reede van Samarang.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Indonesia
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, estuary, marine, neritic, planktonic.
Diagnosis
Up to 310 mm wide; rhopaliar and tentacular stomach pouches connected by several broad, transverse anastomoses; peripheral canals without anastomoses; radial muscles entirely outside the periphery of the circular muscle band; horseshoe-shaped insertions of tentacle groups 2-3 times as long as broad.
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 [332]
Notes
Reported in Australia by Kramp (1965a) (NT).
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
History of changes
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |