Species Phyllorhiza punctata Von Lendenfeld, 1884

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• Phyllorhiza punctata 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 [296].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 86.7.8.12 (Umbrella sector, about 60º), Port Jackson, NSW.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 86.7.8.12-14 2 specimens, Port Jackson, NSW; BMNH unnumbered unnumbered (juvenile), Port Jackson, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Stiasny, G. 1931. Die Rhizostomeen-Sammlung des British Museum (Natural History) in London. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 14: 137–178, 9 text-figs [144].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Reported widely from Australia: NSW (von Lendenfeld 1884; Whitelegge 1889; Stiasny 1924c, 1926b, 1931a; Southcott 1982; Edgar 1997, 2000; Rouse & Pitt 2000; Pitt et al. 2005); WA (Backhouse 1843; Kramp 1965; Southcott 1982; Marsh & Slack Smith 1986; Rippengale & Kelly 1995; Williamson et al. 1996; Edgar 1997, 2000); NT (Williamson et al. 1996); QLD (Kramp 1965; Southcott 1982; Williamson et al. 1996); SA (Williamson et al. 1996); northern Australia (Edgar 1997, 2000); southern Australia (Coleman 1977, 1979); Australia unspecified (Bennett 1966; Marsh & Slack-Smith 1986). Also Alabama, California, Mississippi, Brazil, Israel

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, estuary, marine, neritic, planktonic, zooxanthellate.

 

Diagnosis

Phyllorhiza with the body up to 500 mm wide, jelly very thick, exumbrella finely granular; velar lappets some broad and double, others simple, altogether up to 14 in each octant; arm-disk with numerous filaments; arms three-winged, with numerous tapering, bluntly ending filaments, up to 2/3 of the length of the arms; terminal appendages sometimes very long, with distal expansion; 10-12 canal-roots in each octant.

 

Diagnosis References

Kramp, P.L. 1961. Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469 [362]

 

Notes

The species is said to be introduced to California (Larson & Arneson 1990), the Gulf of Mexico (Cutress 1971; Garcia 1990; Garcia & Durbin 1993; Graham et al. 2003; Bolton & Graham 2004), the Mediterranean (Galil et al. 1990; Atta 1991) and Brazil (Tronolone et al. 2002). It is possible that some of these may be cases of mistaken identification.

 

General References

Backhouse, J. 1843. A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies. London : Hamilton, Adams & Co.

Bennett, I. 1966. The Fringe of the Sea. Adelaide : Rigby.

Coleman, N. 1977. A Field Guide to Australian Marine Life. Adelaide : Rigby 223 pp.

Coleman, N. 1979. The Australian Beachcomber. Sydney : Collins.

Cutress, C.E. 1971. Corallimorpharia, Actiniaria and Zoanthidea. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 32: 83-92

Edgar, G.J. 1997. Australian Marine Life, the plants and animals of temperate waters. Kew, Victoria, Australia : Reed Books 544 pp.

Edgar, G.J. 2000. Australian Marine Life: the plants and animals of temperate waters. Sydney : Reed New Holland Revised Edn, 544 pp.

Kramp, P.L. 1965. Some medusae (mainly Scyphomedusae) from Australian coastal waters. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 89: 257–278, pl. 1–3

Marsh, L. & Slack-Smith, S. 1986. Sea Stingers. Perth, Western Australia : Western Australian Museum.

Pitt, K.A., Koop, K. & Rissik, D. 2005. Contrasting contributions to inorganic nutrient recycling by the co-occurring jellyfishes, Catostylus mosaicus and Phyllorhiza punctata (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 315: 71–86

Rouse, G.W. & Pitt, K. 2000. Ultrastructure of the sperm of Catostylus mosaicus and Phyllorhiza punctata (Scyphozoa, Cnidaria): Implications for sperm terminology and the inference of reproductive mechanisms. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 38(1): 23–34

Southcott, R.V. 1982. Jellyfishes (Classes Scyphozoa and Hydrozoa). pp. 115–159 in Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M. (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Adelaide : Government Printer Part 1 491 pp.

Stiasny, G. 1926. Alte und neue Scyphomedusen von Australien. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 9: 249–257

Stiasny, G. 1931. Die Rhizostomeen-Sammlung des British Museum (Natural History) in London. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 14: 137–178, 9 text-figs

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

Whitelegge, T. 1889. List of the Marine and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of Port Jackson and the Neighbourhood. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23: 163-323

Williamson, J., Fenner, P., Burnett, J. & Rifkin, J. (eds) 1996. Venomous and Poisonous Marine Animals: a medical and biological handbook. Sydney, Australia : NSW University Press 800 pp.

 

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