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Species Pseudorhiza haeckelii Haacke, 1884


Compiler and date details

June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin

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Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Originally described from South Australia, this species was subsequently reported in Western Australia by Thiel (1926), Northern Territory by Kramp (1965), Victoria by Fancett (1986) and Tasmania by Edgar (1997). It is one of the commonest and most conspicuous jellyfishes in temperate Australian waters. Curiously, it does not seem to have made its way along the eastern seaboard.


Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, marine, neritic, planktonic.

 

Diagnosis

Pseudorhiza with the body 200–250 mm wide, 50–100 mm high; exumbrella rough; in each octant six wide, short, rounded velar lappets; each leaf of the three-winged mouth-arms with many flat, fern-like expansions; a single very long filament arises from the distal end of one of the mouth-arms

 

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)
13-Aug-2013 MODIFIED