Species Ocyropsis vance Gershwin, Zeidler & Davie, 2010
- Ocyropsis vance Gershwin, L., Zeidler, W. & Davie, P.J.F. 2010. Ctenophora of Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 54(3): 1-45 [34-35, fig. 3E].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA SAM-H935 (SAM Photo index PH0322), Waterfall Bay, Tasman Peninsula, Tasmania, drifting in 2–4 m, K.L. Gowlett-Holmes, 28.03.1999.
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)
Diagnosis
Hermaphroditic Ocyropsis lacking tentacular bulbs or canals, pigment spots, and warts; with 26–27 ctenes per subtentacular row, 53–54 ctenes per substomodaeal row; with deeply indented hourglass-shaped stomodaeum; with long substomodaeal ctene rows, originating well before polar plates and extending to the level of the stomodael indentation; with gonads in diverticula on both sides of the meridional canals, ovaries facing one another, with testes projecting in opposite direction.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTENOPHORA Eschscholtz, 1829 | 31-May-2012 | ADDED | Dr Lisa Gershwin |