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Species Desmonema gaudichaudi (Lesson, 1829)


Compiler and date details

June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin

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Generic Combinations

  • Desmonema gauchaudi (Agassiz, 1862).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

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


Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, marine, neritic, planktonic.

 

Diagnosis

Tentacles: filiform, thickened, 10-60 per group in medusae greater than 25 cm in bell diameter.

 

Notes

Reported in Australia by Southcott & Glover, 1987 (near Adelaide). This report is erroneous; the specimens are a new species of Desmonema awaiting formal description.

Desmonema gaudichaudii was considered by Larson (1986) to be identical to the later named D. chierchianum, thus having nomenclatural priority.

 

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 MEDUSOZOA Petersen, 1979 05-Jul-2016 MODIFIED Dr Lisa Gershwin
13-Aug-2013 MODIFIED