Genus Desmonema L. Agassiz, 1862

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• Desmonema Agassiz, L. 1862. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Second monograph. In five parts — Pt. I Acalephs in general. Pt. II Ctenophore. Pt. III. Discophorae. Pt. IV. Hydroidae. Pt. V. Homologies of the Radiata. Boston, London : Little Brown, Trubner Vol. IV i-viii, 380 pp. + (1-10), pls 20-35. [166].

  Type species:

   Chrysaora gaudichaudii Lesson, 1829 (=Desmonema gaudichaudi (Agassiz, 1862)) by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Subantarctic Islands (Kerguélen Island), New Zealand, Argentina (Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Diagnosis

Tentacles: subumbrellar, in eight more or less linear groups. Subumbrellar muscles: circular only (no radial).

ID Keys

A key to the species of Desmonema is provided by Larson (1986: 95).

Diagnosis References

Larson, R.J. 1986. Pelagic scyphomedusae (Scyphozoa: Coronatae and Semaeostomeae) of the Southern Ocean. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XVI, Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 41. 59-165 pp. [95]

General References

Larson, R.J. 1986. Pelagic scyphomedusae (Scyphozoa: Coronatae and Semaeostomeae) of the Southern Ocean. Biology of the Antarctic Seas XVI, Antarctic Research Series, Vol. 41. 59-165 pp. [95] (l generic revision; alternative taxonomic arrangement)

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