Species Desmonema scoresbyanna Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
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- Desmonema scoresbyanna Gershwin, L. & Zeidler, W. 2008. Some new and previously unrecorded Scyphomedusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from southern Australian coastal waters. Zootaxa 1744: 1–18 [15-17, pl. 6].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA SAM H349 female specimen, preserved in formalin (Bell diameter 129.2 mm, tentacles per group: 15, 13, 13, 15, 15, 15, 16, 15), The Coorong opposite Point Campbell, SA, coll. W. Potts & D. Phillips, 19.ii.1986.
Paratype(s) SAMA SAM H348 (Specimen damaged, Bell diameter 139.4 mm, tentacles per group: 15, 16, 10 (damaged), 15, 14, 6 (damaged), 15, 14.), Encounter Bay, West Island, SA, coll. S.A. Shepherd, 29.iv.1969; AM G15562 (Bell diameter 90 mm, tentacles per group: 11, 11, 13, 12, 10, 13, 11, 12), Budgewoi Lake, NSW, winter 1952 [33°14’S 151°34’E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Type locality: The Coorong, South Australia.
Australian Endemic.
Diagnosis
Desmonema with unbranched radial canals in tentacular lappets; with 12–16, typically 15, tentacles per cluster.
History of changes
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |