Genus Linuche Eschscholtz, 1829
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
DRAFT RECORD
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Type species:
Medusa unguiculata Swartz, 1788 (=Linuche unguiculata (Swartz, 1788)) by subsequent designation, see Mayer, A.G. 1910. Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, The Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution 735 pp., 76 pls. [reprinted by A. Asher & Co., 1977] [557].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Circum-tropical and circum-subtropical.
Diagnosis
Linuchidae with a flat apex and vertical sides; marginal lappets bluntly oval; with eight (four double) gonads; subumbrella with 2–3 circles of hollow protuberances which arise from the radial stomach pouches.
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 [314]
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |