Genus Neis Lesson, 1829

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neis Lesson, R.P. 1829. Zoophytes. In, Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 … par M.L.I. Duperey .... Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. T. II, Pt. II(2eme Div.) 155 pp., 16 pls. [103].

  Type species:

   Neis cordigera Lesson, 1829 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Lesson, R.P. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes. Acalèphes. Paris : Librairie encyclopédique de Roret 596 pp. [97].

 

Introduction

A contemporary redescription of Neis was given by Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie (2010a).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lower E coast
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight
  • Western Australia: SW coast

Diagnosis

Beroidae with the body extended into pronounced rounded posterior lobes, one on each side of the sense organ; with the canal system of the two sides of the body in communication.

 

General References

Gershwin, L., Zeidler, W. & Davie, P.J.F. 2010. Ctenophora of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3): 1-45 [38-40, fig. 4I]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Dec-2015	CTENOPHORA Eschscholtz, 1829	29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Lisa Gershwin
		29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED