Genus Malo Gershwin, 2005
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
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- Malo Gershwin, L. 2005. Two new species of jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from tropical Western Australia, presumed to cause Irukandji Syndrome. Zootaxa 1084: 1–30 [9].
Type species:
Malo maxima Gershwin, 2005 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Diagnosis
Tamoyidae without gastric phacellae; with frown-shaped rhopaliar niche ostia; with rhopaliar horns; with two median eyes only, lacking lateral eye spots; with fine, cylindrical, unmodified tentacles; with one stomach pouch extension branching into about 4-5 simple to bifurcated velarial canals per octant; with moderately developed perradial mesenteries; pedalial canals lacking prominent thorn.
Diagnosis References
Gershwin, L. 2005. Two new species of jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from tropical Western Australia, presumed to cause Irukandji Syndrome. Zootaxa 1084: 1–30 [10] (Now recognised in Family Tamoyidae)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |