Species Pseudorhiza aurosa von Lendenfeld, 1882
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
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- Pseudorhiza aurosa Von Lendenfeld, R. 1882. Über eine übergangsform zwischen Semostomen und Rhizostomen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 5: 380–383 [380].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 86.7.8.7, 8, 9 manubrium and oral arms, plus 2 marginal bodies, Port Phillip Bay, VIC.
Distribution
States
Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, epipelagic, estuary, marine, neritic.
Diagnosis
400 mm wide, about 130 mm high, flatly rounded, exumbrella rough; in each octant six velar lappets, each consisting of three secondary lappets; mouth-arms without filaments.
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 [367]
Notes
Pseudorhiza aurosa was originally described from Port Phillip Bay in Victoria; it was described and figured as having one large palp emitting from each oral arm, i.e., a total of eight. It has not been reported again. It is possible that von Lendenfeld figured the medusa with eight palps, assuming that there must have been a symmetrical number, rather than actually observing eight; it is also possible that he found a deviant medusa with eight palps, but that this did not represent the true population; it is also possible that there was a population of 8-palped medusae, which has since disappeared.
History of changes
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |