Species Sanderia pampinosus Gershwin & Zeidler, 2008
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
DRAFT RECORD
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- Sanderia pampinosus Gershwin, L. & Zeidler, W. 2008. Two new jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from tropical Australian waters. Zootaxa 1764: 41–52 [42-46, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype WAM WAM Z4692 in formalin (74.80mm Bell Diameter, gonadal papillae: 40, 40, 39, 41), 105 n. miles NW of Port Hedland, WA, 14 April 1982, coll. L. Marsh on ‘Soela’ [19°06’S, 117°17’E to 19°05’S, 117°19’E].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Type locality: Port Hedland.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, epipelagic, marine, planktonic.
Diagnosis
Sanderia with approximately 40 gonadal papillae per pouch, with gonadal tissue entirely contained within the papillae in horseshoe-shaped gastric pouches; eradial tentacles flattened in the oral-aboral direction, with nematocyst clusters on all sides.
Sting
Unknown, but should be assumed to be similar to that of S. malayensis, which is extremely painful and can cause systemic complications.
General References
Gershwin, L. & A. Collins 2002. A preliminary phylogeny of Pelagiidae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa), with new observations of Chrysaora colorata comb. nov. Journal of Natural History 36(2): 127-148 [128]
History of changes
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