Species Carybdea rastonii Haacke, 1886
Jimble
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
DRAFT RECORD
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- Carybdea rastonii Haacke, W. 1886. Über die Ontogenie der Cubomedusen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 9: 554–555 [554].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Also reported from Japan, Hawaii, and California; non-Australian records are likely to be erroneous.
IMCRA
Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, marine, nectonic, pelagic, planktonic.
Diagnosis
IDENTIFICATION. Medium sized (ca. 3-4 cm bell height), with heart-shaped rhopalial niche ostia, scalpel-shaped pedalia, and linear phacellae orientated obliquely across the corners of the stomach. The velarium has 2 canals per octant, and they tend to be quite complexly branched, even at a relatively immature stage. The bell is fairly robust, and protected with numerous nematocyst patches, which may be on slight gelatinous warts. The statoliths are broad and dome-shaped (or thick, kidney-bean-shaped) with rounded edges. The tentacular nematocysts are of two types: 1) football-shaped microbasic euryteles or tumiteles, 20-30 x 13-18 and 2) egg-shaped isorhizas, 9-13 x 7-8
Diagnosis References
General References
Grove, S. 2013. Jimbles in the Derwent. The Tasmanian Naturalist 135: 41-42 (distribution extension)
Common Name References
Southcott, R.V. 1963. Medical effects of jellyfish. Australian Skindivers Magazine 13(7): 16–21 [20] (Jimble)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | MEDUSOZOA Petersen, 1979 | 06-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Lisa Gershwin |
| 06-May-2014 | MODIFIED |