Genus Leonura Haeckel, 1880
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
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- Leonura Haeckel, E. 1880. System der Acraspeden. Zweite Halfte des System der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [631].
Type species:
Leonura leptura Haeckel, 1880 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
New Zealand
Diagnosis
Catostylidae without free upper arms, with ribbon-shaped, very long and slender under-arms which only have suctorial crisps towards the distal end above the terminal knot, mouth cross with 8 rays and 8 adradial suctorial crisps, which form especial frills round the centre of the brachial disc.
Diagnosis References
Von Lendenfeld, R. 1884. The scyphomedusae of the southern hemisphere. Part III. - Conclusion. IV. Ordo - Discomedusae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 259–306 [305]
History of changes
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |