Family LUCERNARIIDAE Johnston, 1847
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
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Introduction
The Lucernariidae contains four genera:
Haliclystus Clark (1863) (ca. 11 species), with 8 perradial and interradial marginal anchors; peduncle four-chambered; calyx with 8 well developed arms; coronal muscle divided into 8 sectors.
Lucernaria Müller (1776) (ca. 8 species), without perradial and interradial marginal anchors or papillae; peduncle single-chambered; calyx with 8 well developed arms; coronal muscle divided into 8 sectors.
Stenoscyphus Kishinouye (1902) (1 species), with 8 perradial and interradial marginal anchors; peduncle four-chambered; calyx simple, without lobes; coronal muscle entire.
Stylocoronella Salvini-Plawen (1966) (2 species), interstitial polyps with ocelli and 8 well developed arms on the calyx.
Medusae in the genera Haliclystus and Lucernaria are the commonest of the Stauromedusae, and may be large and brightly coloured. The only member of this family thus far reported in Australian waters is Stenoscyphus inabai, which has been found at Port Phillip Bay (McInnes, 1989).
Diagnosis
EIeutherocarpida with faintly or well developed marginal lobes; with eight adradial clusters of hollow, terminally knobbed tentacles; peduncle single-chambered or with four perradial chambers, with muscles in the septa. Coronal muscle unbroken or divided into eight separate sectors.
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 [292]
History of changes
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