Species Palephyra prometeor (Haeckel, 1880)
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
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Generic Combinations
- Palephyra prometeor (Haeckel, 1880).
Distribution
Recorded from "Australia".
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, marine, planktonic.
Diagnosis
Umbrella flat bell-shaped, 1 1/2 times as broad as high. Marginal flaps oval, about as long as broad, and 1/3 as long as the radius of the umbrella. Tentacles pointed, twice as long as the marginal flaps. 4 simple interradial gastral filaments. 4 gonads horseshoe-shaped without flaps and smooth. Size: Breadth of umbrella, 8mm. Height of umbrella, 6mm.
Diagnosis References
Von Lendenfeld, R. 1884. The scyphomedusae of the southern hemisphere. Part III. - Conclusion. IV. Ordo - Discomedusae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 259–306 [260] (Translated from Haeckel (1880))
Notes
The species was originally described as Ephyra prometeor Haeckel (1880: 482), from the coast of Australia (a more exact locality was not given). von Lendenfeld (1885d: 260) treated the species as valid. However, Mayer (1910: 551) regarded it as the young of Haeckel's later-described Palephyra antiqua (Haeckel, 1880: 484), as did Kramp (1961b: 317).
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |