Species Depastromorpha africana Carlgren, 1935
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
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- Depastromorpha africana Carlgren, O. 1935. Über eine neue südafrikanische Lucernariide, Depastromorpha africana n. gen. n. sp. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 3 15(1): 1–24 [1-24, figs. 1-12, excl. 5, 9].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Küste Südafrikas.
Distribution
Recorded from "Australia".
Extra Distribution Information
South Africa, New Zealand
Distribution References
- Grohmann, P.A., Magalhaes, M.P. & Hirano, Y.M. 1999. First record of the order Stauromedusae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from the tropical Southwestern Atlantic, with a review of the distribution of Stauromedusae in the Southern Hemisphere. Species Diversity 4: 381-388 (recorded as occurring in Australia)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, marine, sessile.
Diagnosis
Body urn-shaped, about 10 mm in height, peduncle very short, contractile; bell margin faintly lobate; the eight primary and some of the secondary, adradial tentacles partly metamorphosed, with glandular cushions; about 25 tentacles in each adradial group.
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 [300]
General References
Grohmann, P.A., Magalhaes, M.P. & Hirano, Y.M. 1999. First record of the order Stauromedusae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from the tropical Southwestern Atlantic, with a review of the distribution of Stauromedusae in the Southern Hemisphere. Species Diversity 4: 381-388
History of changes
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |