Species Malo bella Gershwin, 2014
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
- Malo bella Gershwin, L.-A. 2014. Two new species of box jellies (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from the central coast of Western Australia, both presumed to cause Irukandji syndrome. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29: 10-19 [16].Zoobank Registration Number:org:act:A4DE4BCD-C9D5-4683-901A-AABD532650C6tion
Type data:
Holotype WAM Z27971, approx. 300 m east of the sandy beach in front of the Harold E. Holt Memorial Communications Base, Exmouth Gulf [21°53'28.37''S 114°08'57.47''E (est. GPS from Google Earth)].
Paratype(s) NTM C14617, C5143, C14617 4 specimens, Trimoville Island, Western Australia [20°24'S 115°34'E].
Introduction
Previously referred to as "Dampier Irukandji" (Gershwin 2005a,b, 2007); Malo n. sp. A "Dampier Irukandji" (Gershwin 2006) — paratype NTM C14617; "Undescribed species of Malo … known from the islands off Exmouth" (Gershwin et al. 2013).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Montebello Islands.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, marine, neritic.
General 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
Gershwin, L. 2007. Malo kingi: A new species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), possibly lethal to humans, from Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 1659: 55–68
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Aug-2022 | MEDUSOZOA Petersen, 1979 | 19-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Lisa Gershwin |
13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |