Subclass TRACHYLINAE Haeckel, 1879

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Automedusae Lameere, 1920.
Trachylinae Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer.

Introduction

Trachylinae is a subclass of Hydrozoa. Literature on this subclass is limited and in need of taxonomic revision in combination with genetic analysis (see Daly et al. 2007 and Cartwright et al., 2008).

General References

Cartwright, P., Dunn, N., Marques, C., Miglietta, A., Pia, M., Schuchert, P., Collins, A. 2008. Phylogenetics of hydroidolina (Hydrozoa: Cnidaria). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88: 1663

Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen. Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen [Craspedotae]. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 1: 1-360; Atlas 20 pls

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Order LIMNOMEDUSAE Kramp, 1938

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Family OLINDIIDAE Haeckel, 1879

Hydromedusae

Introduction

The family Olindiidae consists mainly of jellyfish that occur in large, still water bodies. There are 22 genera listed on the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), of which three occur in Australia.

ID Keys

Key to genera of the Olindiidae medusae, modified after Bouillon et al. (2006) Peter Schuchert

1A in freshwater, statocysts in elongated vesicles enclosed in velum; gonads on radial canals .....................
............................................................................................................................................. Craspedacusta
1B in brackish water or fully marine, statocysts spherical, enclosed in mesoglea of umbrellar margin ............
....................................................................................................................... ..................................................2
2A with centripetal canals.................................................................................................................................3
2B no centripetal canals ...................................................................................................................................5
3A tentacles of one kind .................................................................................................................................. 4
3B primary tentacles attached above umbrellar margin, with terminal adhesive pads, secondary tentacles
on umbrellar margin, without adhesive pads .................................................................................. Olindias
4A tentacles on exumbrella at different height above bell margin; no adhesive pads ..................... Eperetmus
4B all tentacles on umbrellar margin, no adhesive pads ....................................................................Maeotias
5A tentacles in groups on bell margin ................................................................................................... Gossea
5B tentacles not in groups............................................................................................................................... 6
6A 6 radial canals...........................................................................................................................................12
6B 4 radial canals.............................................................................................................................................7
7A gonads on manubrium ............................................................................................................... Limnocnida
7B gonads on radial canals ............................................................................................................................. 8
8A all tentacles without adhesive pads ...........................................................................................Aglauropsis
8B some or all tentacles with adhesive pads ...................................................................................................9
9A one type of tentacle, with terminal adhesive pad..................................................................................... 10
9B two kinds of tentacles, with and without adhesive pads ...........................................................................11
10A numerous statocysts ................................................................................................................ Gonionemus
10B not more than 16 statocysts.......................................................................................................Scolionema
11A adhesive pads terminal ................................................................................................................ Vallentinia
11B adhesive pads at some distance from outer end of tentacles ......................................................... Cubaia
12A gonads flat, on greater portion of radial canal; tentacles with nematocyst rings .......................... Nuarchus
12B gonads pocket like, on distal part of radial canals; tentacles with terminal nematocyst swelling Hexaphilia
Inadequately known or doubtful taxa: Keralica Khatri, 1984
Mansariella Malhotra, Duda & Jyoti, 1976

General References

Jankowski, T. 2001. The freshwater medusae of the world: A taxonomic and systematic literature study with some remarks on other inland water jellyfish. Hydrobiologia 462: 91-113

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Genus Aglauropsis Müller, 1865

Aglauropsis Müller, F. 1865. Über die randbläschen der hydroidquallen. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 1: 143–147, pl. 7 [144].

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

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Species Aglauropsis conanti Browne, 1902

Aglauropsis conanti Browne, E.T. 1902. A preliminary report on Hydromedusae from the Falkland Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9: 272-284 [283].

Distribution

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

General References

O'Sullivan, D. 1982. A guide to the hydromedusae of the Southern Ocean and adjacent waters. Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions Research Notes 5: 1-136

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Genus Craspedacusta Lankester, 1880

Border Guard

Craspedacusta Lankester, E.R. 1880. On a new jellyfish of the order Trachomedusae, living in fresh water. Nature (London) 22: 147–148 [147].
Type species:
Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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Species Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880

Craspedacusta sowerbyi Lankester, E.R. 1880. On a new jellyfish of the order Trachomedusae, living in fresh water. Nature (London) 22: 147–148 [147-148].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Freshwater

Introduced from probably China; type locality London gardens;.

Ubiquitous throughout Australia.

Distribution References

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Genus Gonionemus A. Agassiz, 1862

Gonionemus Agassiz, L. 1862. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Second monograph. In five parts — Pt. I Acalephs in general. Pt. II Ctenophore. Pt. III. Discophorae. Pt. IV. Hydroidae. Pt. V. Homologies of the Radiata. Boston, London : Little Brown, Trubner Vol. IV i-viii, 380 pp. + (1-10), pls 20-35. [350].
Type species:
Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862 by monotypy.

Introduction

Members of this genus are unusual medusa that are strongly associated with seagrasses and macroalgae in intertidal and shallow subtidal habitats. They are typically clinging or crawling, instead of being planktonic
like most other medusa (Watson & Govindarajan 2017).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

General References

Watson, J.E. & Govindarajan, A.F. 2017. A new species of Gonionemus (Hydrozoa: Limnomedusae) from southern Australia. Zootaxa 4365(4): 487–494 [487]

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Species Gonionemus agilis Watson & Govindarajan, 2017

Gonionemus agilis Watson, J.E. & Govindarajan, A.F. 2017. A new species of Gonionemus (Hydrozoa: Limnomedusae) from southern Australia. Zootaxa 4365(4): 487–494 [488-493, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F222410 (one specimen, sex undetermined, from brown alga Cystophora monilifera in tide pool, collected by Audrey Falconer, 20 October 2013.), Shoreham, Wester Port, Victoria [38.427S/145.05 E].
Paratype(s) NMV (one specimen, sex undetermined, on brown alga Cystophora monilifera in tide pool, collected by Audrey Falconer, 18 May 2014.), Shoreham, Western Port, Vic [38.427S/145.05 E].

Introduction

Gonionemus agilis is a new species of crawling medusa collected from the brown alga Cystophora monilifera in an intertidal rock pool in Western Port. G. agilis may possibly be conspecific with Gonionemus hamatus. as they are both from southern Australian localities separated by 1,200 km of coastline. The degraded condition of the type specimen and lack of detail in Kramp’s figures of G. hamatus preclude more detailed comparison. Thus for the present and until more material is found in the Adelaide region, G. agilis is considered a distinct species (Watson & Govindarajan 2017).

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

General References

Watson, J.E. & Govindarajan, A.F. 2017. A new species of Gonionemus (Hydrozoa: Limnomedusae) from southern Australia. Zootaxa 4365(4): 487–494 [487, 493]

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Species Gonionemus hamatus Kramp, 1965

Gonionemus hamatus 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 [274-275, figs. 4-6].

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Type locality is Henley Beach, South Australia

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

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Species Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862

Gonionemus vertens Agassiz, L. 1862. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Second monograph. In five parts — Pt. I Acalephs in general. Pt. II Ctenophore. Pt. III. Discophorae. Pt. IV. Hydroidae. Pt. V. Homologies of the Radiata. Boston, London : Little Brown, Trubner Vol. IV i-viii, 380 pp. + (1-10), pls 20-35. [350].

Distribution

States

Victoria

Distribution References

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.

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Genus Hexaphilia Gershwin & Zeidler, 2003

Hexaphilia Gershwin, L. & Zeidler, W. 2003. Encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: Medusae, siphonophores and ctenophores of the Nuyts Archipelago. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 127(2): 205-241, 14 pls [233].
Type species:
Hexaphilia scoresbyi Gershwin & Zeidler, 2003 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

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Species Hexaphilia scoresbyi Gershwin & Zeidler, 2003

Hexaphilia scoresbyi Gershwin, L. & Zeidler, W. 2003. Encounter 2002 expedition to the Isles of St Francis, South Australia: Medusae, siphonophores and ctenophores of the Nuyts Archipelago. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 127(2): 205-241, 14 pls [233-236, fig. 13].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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Genus Olindias F. Müller, 1861

Olindias Müller, F. 1861. Polypen und quallen von Santa Catharina. Olindias sambaquiensis n. sp. Archiv für Naturgeschichte Jahrg. 27 1: 312–319, pl. 9 [312].
Type species:
Olindias sambaquiensis F. Müller, 1861 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

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

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Species Olindias phosphorica (Delle Chiaje, 1841)

Oceania phosphorica Delle Chiaje, S. 1841. Descrizione e Notomia degli Animali Invertebrati della Sicilia Citeriore, osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. Napoli. [92-93, pl. 147].

Generic Combinations

Olindias phosphorica (Delle Chiaje, 1841).

Distribution

States

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

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Species Olindias singularis Browne, 1905

Olindias singularis Browne, E.T. 1904. Hydromedusae, with a revision of the Williadae and Petasidae. (pp. 722–749, pls. LIV–LVII) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. II(Part III) pp. 699–720, pls. XLIX-LXVI. [737-738, pl. 56, fig. 2, pl. 57, fig. 1].

Distribution

States

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

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Order NARCOMEDUSAE Haeckel, 1879

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Family AEGINIDAE Gegenbaur, 1857

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Genus Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829

Aegina Eschscholtz, F. 1829. System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Dritte Ordnung, Röhrenquallen, Siphonophorae. Berlin : Ferdinand Dümmler i-iv, 1-190, pls 1-16. [113].
Type species:
Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829 by subsequent designation, see Mayer, A.G. 1910. Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, The Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution 735 pp., 76 pls. [reprinted by A. Asher & Co., 1977] [449].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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Species Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, 1829

Aegina citrea Eschscholtz, F. 1829. System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Dritte Ordnung, Röhrenquallen, Siphonophorae. Berlin : Ferdinand Dümmler i-iv, 1-190, pls 1-16. [113-115, pl. 11, figs. 4a-c].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

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Genus Aeginura Haeckel, 1879

Aeginura Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [343].
Type species:
Aeginura myosura Haeckel, 1879 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

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Species Aeginura beebei Bigelow, 1940

Aeginura beebei Bigelow, H.B. 1940. Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XX. Medusae of the Templeton Crocker and Eastern Pacific Zaca Expeditions, 1936-1938. Zoologica (New York) 25(19): 281–321 [309-313, text figs. 17-20].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Distribution References

Hamond, R. 1974. Some medusae and other Hydrozoa from Indian Ocean and Bass-Strait. Journal of Natural History 8: 549–561

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Species Aeginura myosura Haeckel, 1879

Aeginura myosura Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [343, pl. 19, figs. 8, 9].

Introduction

WoRMS considers it to be a taxon inquirendum (at 31 July 2018).

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Extra Distribution Information

Süd-Pacifischer Ocean; Küste von Australien

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Genus Solmundella Haeckel, 1879

Solmundella Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [352].
Type species:
Carybdea bitentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 by subsequent designation, see Mayer, A.G. 1910. Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, The Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution 735 pp., 76 pls. [reprinted by A. Asher & Co., 1977] [454].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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Species Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Carybdea bitentaculata Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. Zoophytes. Voyage de decouvertes de l'Astrolabe, execute par ordre du roi, pendant les annees 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandment de M.J. Dumont D'Urville, Zoologie. J. D. d'Urville. Tome 4. Zoophytes: 1-390, plus Atlas. J. D. d'Urville. Tom. 4. Zoophytes: pp. 1–390, + Atlas. [295-296, pl. 25, figs. 4, 5].
Aeginopsis mediterranea Müller, J. 1851. Ueber eine eigenthümliche Meduse des Mittelmeeres und ihren Jugendzustand. Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie, Leipzig 1851: 272–277, pl. XI [272-277, pl. 11, figs. 1-5] [reported in QLD waters by Mayer (1915). This species was considered valid by many authors including Haeckel (1879: 352), Mayer (1910: 436), and Browne (1916a: 200); however, others have considered only one species valid, i.e., S. bitentaculata, including Vanhöffen (1913b: 32), Thiel (1936: 68), Kramp (1961b: 270) and Bouillon & Boero (2000: 60)].

Generic Combinations

Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Distribution References

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Family CSIROMEDUSIDAE Gershwin & Zeidler, 2010

Introduction

The family contains only one genus and a single species, endemic to Australia.

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Genus Csiromedusa Gershwin & Zeidler, 2010

Csiromedusa Gershwin, L. & W. Zeidler 2010. Csiromedusa medeopolis: a remarkable Tasmanian medusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) comprising a new family, genus and species. Zootaxa 2439: 24-34 [26].
Type species:
Csiromedusa medeopolis Gershwin & Zeidler, 2010 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

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Species Csiromedusa medeopolis Gershwin & Zeidler, 2010

Csiromedusa medeopolis Gershwin, L. & W. Zeidler 2010. Csiromedusa medeopolis: a remarkable Tasmanian medusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) comprising a new family, genus and species. Zootaxa 2439: 24-34 [24-34, pls1-2].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

CSIRO Wharf, Battery Point, Hobart

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

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Family CUNINIDAE Bigelow, 1913

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Genus Cunina Eschscholtz, 1829

Cunina Eschscholtz, F. 1829. System der Acalephen. Eine ausführliche Beschreibung aller medusenartigen Strahltiere. Dritte Ordnung, Röhrenquallen, Siphonophorae. Berlin : Ferdinand Dümmler i-iv, 1-190, pls 1-16. [116].
Type species:
Cunina globosa Eschscholtz, 1829 by subsequent designation, see Kramp, P.L. 1961. Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469 [280].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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Species Cunina duplicata Maas, 1893

Cunina duplicata Maas, O. 1893. Die Craspedoten medusen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Kiel, Lipsius & Tischer. Vol. 2, K.c.: 1-107, 5 pls., 2 maps, 3 text-figs. [52-53, pl. 5, figs. 9, 10].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

Blackburn, M. 1955. Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae of south-east Australian waters. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6(3): 410–428

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Species Cunina frugifera Kramp, 1948

Cunina frugifera Kramp, P.L. 1948. Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae from the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic deep-sea expedition 1910 with additions on Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae and Scyphomedusae. Report on the Scientific Results of the "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-Sea Expedition 1910 5(9): 1–24, 1 pl., text-figs 1–7 (maps) [18-19, pl. figs. 1-6].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Distribution References

Hamond, R. 1974. Some medusae and other Hydrozoa from Indian Ocean and Bass-Strait. Journal of Natural History 8: 549–561

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Species Cunina octonaria McCrady, 1859

Cunina octonaria McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History of Charleston, South Carolina 1: 103-104 (1857); 105-221, pls 8-12 (1859) [211-212, pl. 12, figs. 4-5].

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New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

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Genus Cunoctantha Haeckel, 1879

Cunoctantha Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen. Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen [Craspedotae]. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 1: 1-360; Atlas 20 pls [316].

Introduction

Treated in WoRMS as a synonym of Cunina (at 31 July 2018).

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Species Cunoctantha tenella Bigelow, 1909

Cunoctantha tenella Bigelow, H.B. 1909. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross from Oct. 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XVI The Medusae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 37: 1–243, pls 1–48 [54-55, pl. 15, fig. 4, pl. 16, fig. 2, pl. 17, figs. 6, 7].

Generic Combinations

Cunina tenella (Bigelow, 1909).

Introduction

The accepted name for this species in WoRMS is Cunina tenella (at 31 July 2018).

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Genus Solmissus Haeckel, 1879

Solmissus Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [349].
Type species:
Cunina albescens Gegenbaur, 1856 by subsequent designation, see Mayer, A.G. 1910. Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, The Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution 735 pp., 76 pls. [reprinted by A. Asher & Co., 1977] [482].

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States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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Species Solmissus marshalli Agassiz & Mayer, 1902

Solmissus marshalli Agassiz, A. & Mayer, A.G. 1902. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross' from August 1899 to March 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, USN, commanding. III: Medusae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 137-176 [151-152, pl. 5, figs. 23-25].

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Family SOLMARISIDAE Haeckel, 1879

General 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 [271]

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Genus Pegantha Haeckel, 1879

Pegantha Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen. Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen [Craspedotae]. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 1: 1-360; Atlas 20 pls [332].
Type species:
Pegantha martagon Haeckel, 1879 by subsequent designation, see Kramp, P.L. 1961. Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469 [271].

Distribution

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New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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Species Pegantha rubiginosa (Kölliker, 1853)

Eurystoma rubiginosa Gegenbaur, C., Kölliker, A. & Müller, H. (eds) 1853. Bericht über einige im Herbste in Messina angestellte vergleichend-anatomische Untersuchungen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 4: 299-370 [322].

Generic Combinations

Pegantha rubiginosa (Kölliker, 1853).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

Blackburn, M. 1955. Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae of south-east Australian waters. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6(3): 410–428 (as Cunina)

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Genus Solmaris Haeckel, 1879

Solmaris Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [355].
Type species:
Aequorea rhodoloma Brandt, 1835 by subsequent designation, see Kramp, P.L. 1961. Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469 [277].

Distribution

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New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

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Species Solmaris flavescens (Kölliker, 1853)

Pachysoma flavescens Kölliker, A. 1853. Über Scheibenquallen. pp. 320-329 in Gegenbaur, C., Kölliker, A. & Müller, H. (eds). Bericht über einige im Herbste in Messina angestellte vergleichend-anatomische Untersuchungen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 4: 299-370 [322].

Generic Combinations

Solmaris flavescens (Kölliker, 1853).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Distribution References

Hamond, R. 1974. Some medusae and other Hydrozoa from Indian Ocean and Bass-Strait. Journal of Natural History 8: 549–561

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Species Solmaris lenticula Haeckel, 1879

Solmaris lenticula Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [357-358].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

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Species Solmaris rhodoloma (Brandt, 1835)

Aequorea rhodoloma Brandt, J.F. 1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. Fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. Petropoli : Sumptibus Academiae. [220].

Generic Combinations

Solmaris rhodoloma (Brandt, 1835).

Distribution

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New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

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Family TETRAPLATIIDAE Carlgren, 1909

Carlgren, O. 1909. Tetraplatien. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 19(3): 75–122, pls 10–13 [104]

Introduction

Contains the single genus Tetraplatia.

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Genus Tetraplatia Busch, 1851

Tetraplatia Busch, W. 1851. Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. Berlin : A. Hirschwald 143 pp. [120].
Type species:
Tetraplatia volitans Busch, 1851 by monotypy.

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Species Tetraplatia volitans Busch, 1851

Tetraplatia volitans Busch, W. 1851. Beobachtungen über Anatomie und Entwicklung einiger wirbellosen Seethiere. Berlin : A. Hirschwald 143 pp. [120-121, pl. 10, figs. 3-4].

Distribution

Distribution References

Hamond, R. 1974. Some medusae and other Hydrozoa from Indian Ocean and Bass-Strait. Journal of Natural History 8: 549–561

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Order TRACHYMEDUSAE Haeckel, 1866

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Family GERYONIIDAE Eschscholtz, 1829

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Genus Geryonia Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Geryonia Péron, F. & Lesueur, C.A. 1810. Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 14: 325–366 [329].
Type species:
Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Mayer, A.G. 1910. Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, The Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution 735 pp., 76 pls. [reprinted by A. Asher & Co., 1977] [424].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

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Species Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775)

Medusa proboscidalis Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica. Hauniæ : Mölleri 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map. [108].
Carmaris giltschii Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen. Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen [Craspedotae]. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 1: 1-360; Atlas 20 pls [296-297, pl. 18, fig. 8].
Dianaea endrachtensis Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. Zoologie. Voyage de l'Uranie. In, Freycinet, L.C.D. de (ed.). Voyage autour du Monde, entrepris par ordre du Roi, exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820 + atlas. Paris : Pillet Aîné. [566, pl. 84, fig. 2].
Orythia viridis Péron, F. & Lesueur, C.A. 1810. Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 14: 325–366 [327-328, pl. 4, fig. 7].

Generic Combinations

Geryonia proboscidalis (Forsskål, 1775). —
Mayer, A.G. 1910. Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, The Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution 735 pp., 76 pls. [reprinted by A. Asher & Co., 1977] [425]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

This species has been described as new from Australia under three different names: Carmaris giltschii, Dianaea endrachtensis (from near Shark Bay, Western Australia) and Orythia viridis (from Shark Bay, Western Australia).

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Genus Liriope Lesson, 1843

Liriope Lesson, R.P. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes. Acalèphes. Nouvelles Suites à Buffon, formant avec les oeuvres de cet auteur, un cours complet d'histoire naturelle. Paris : Libraire encyclopédique de Roret viii, 596 pp., pls 1-12. [331].

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States

Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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Species Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821)

Geryonia tetraphylla Chamisso, A. de & Eysenhardt, C.G. 1821. De animalibus quibusdam e classe vermium linneana, in circumnavigatione terrae, auspicante Comite N. Romanzoff, Duce Ottone de Kotzebue, 1815–1818 peracta observatis. II. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 10(2): 345-373 pls 24-31 [357].

Generic Combinations

Liriope tetraphylla (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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Family HALICREATIDAE Fewkes, 1886

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Genus Botrynema Browne, 1908

Botrynema Browne, E.T. 1908. The medusae of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society Edinburgh 46(2, no. 10): 223–251, pls 1–2 [239].
Type species:
Botrynema brucei Browne, 1908 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

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Species Botrynema brucei Browne, 1908

Botrynema brucei Browne, E.T. 1908. The medusae of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. Transactions of the Royal Society Edinburgh 46(2, no. 10): 223–251, pls 1–2 [239-240, pl. 1, figs. 8-9, pl. 2, fig. 1].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

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Genus Halicreas Fewkes, 1882

Halicreas Fewkes, J.W. 1882. On the Acalephae of the East Coast of New England. I. Medusae from Newport. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 9(8): 291–310, pl. 1 [306].
Type species:
Halicreas minimum Fewkes, 1882 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

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Species Halicreas minimum Fewkes, 1882

Halicreas minimum Fewkes, J.W. 1882. On the Acalephae of the East Coast of New England. I. Medusae from Newport. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 9(8): 291–310, pl. 1 [306-307].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

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Genus Haliscera Vanhöffen, 1902

Haliscera Vanhöffen, E. 1902. Die craspedoten medusen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. I. Trachymedusen. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 3(1): 55–86, pls 1–12 [67].
Type species:
Haliscera conica Vanhöffen, 1902 by subsequent designation, see Kramp, P.L. 1961. Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469 [246].

Distribution

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New South Wales, Tasmania

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Species Haliscera conica Vanhöffen, 1902

Haliscera conica Vanhöffen, E. 1902. Die craspedoten medusen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. I. Trachymedusen. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 3(1): 55–86, pls 1–12 [72, pl. 9, fig. 6, pl. 11, fig. 33].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

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Genus Halitrephes Bigelow, 1909

Halitrephes Bigelow, H.B. 1909. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross from Oct. 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XVI The Medusae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 37: 1–243, pls 1–48 [145].
Type species:
Halitrephes maasi Bigelow, 1909 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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Species Halitrephes maasi Bigelow, 1909

Halitrephes maasi Bigelow, H.B. 1909. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross from Oct. 1904 to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XVI The Medusae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College 37: 1–243, pls 1–48 [146, pl. 33 figs 1-5, 7, 10, pl. 45 fig. 13].

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

O'Sullivan, D. 1982. A guide to the hydromedusae of the Southern Ocean and adjacent waters. Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions Research Notes 5: 1-136

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Species Halitrephes valdiviae Vanhöffen, 1912

Halitrephes valdiviae Vanhöffen, E. 1912. Die craspedoten medusen der Deutschen Sudpolar Expedition 1901-1903. Deutsche Südpolar Expedition 1901–1903 13(Zool. V): 351–395, figs 1–25, pls 10–-2 [384-385].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Distribution References

Blackburn, M. 1955. Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae of south-east Australian waters. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6(3): 410–428

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Family RHOPALONEMATIDAE Russell, 1953

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Genus Aglantha Haeckel, 1879

Aglantha Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [271].
Type species:
Medusa digitale O.F. Müller, 1776 by subsequent designation, see Kramp, P.L. 1961. Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469 [248].

Distribution

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New South Wales, Tasmania

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Species Aglantha elongata (Lesson, 1843)

Circe elongata Lesson, R.P. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Zoophytes. Acalèphes. Nouvelles Suites à Buffon, formant avec les oeuvres de cet auteur, un cours complet d'histoire naturelle. Paris : Libraire encyclopédique de Roret viii, 596 pp., pls 1-12. [286, pl. 5, fig. 2].

Generic Combinations

Aglantha elongata (Lesson, 1843).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Distribution References

Blackburn, M. 1955. Trachymedusae and Narcomedusae of south-east Australian waters. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 6(3): 410–428

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Genus Aglaura Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Aglaura Péron, F. & Lesueur, C.A. 1810. Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 14: 325–366 [351].
Type species:
Aglaura hemistoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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Species Aglaura hemistoma Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Aglaura hemistoma Péron, F. & Lesueur, C.A. 1810. Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 14: 325–366 [no. 79, p351 (alternatively paginated as p39), pl. 59, figs. 152-156 (figs. unpublished)].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Distribution References

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Genus Amphogona Browne, 1905

Amphogona Browne, E.T. 1904. Hydromedusae, with a revision of the Williadae and Petasidae. (pp. 722–749, pls. LIV–LVII) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. II(Part III) pp. 699–720, pls. XLIX-LXVI. [739].
Type species:
Pantachogon apsteini Vanhöffen, 1902 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

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Species Amphogona apsteini (Vanhöffen, 1902)

Pantachogon apsteini Vanhöffen, E. 1902. Die craspedoten medusen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. I. Trachymedusen. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 3(1): 55–86, pls 1–12 [65, pl. 10, fig. 18, pl. 11, fig. 28].

Generic Combinations

Amphogona apsteini (Vanhöffen, 1902).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Distribution References

Kramp, P.L. 1953. Hydromedusae. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 6: 259-322, pls 1-2

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Genus Colobonema Vanhöffen, 1902

Colobonema Vanhöffen, E. 1902. Die craspedoten medusen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. I. Trachymedusen. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 3(1): 55–86, pls 1–12 [56].
Type species:
Colobonema sericeum Vanhöffen, 1902 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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Species Colobonema sericeum Vanhöffen, 1902

Colobonema sericeum Vanhöffen, E. 1902. Die craspedoten medusen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. I. Trachymedusen. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 3(1): 55–86, pls 1–12 [57-58, pl. 9, fig. 1, pl. 12, figs. 39-42].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

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Genus Pantachogon Maas, 1893

Pantachogon Maas, O. 1893. Die Craspedoten medusen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Kiel, Lipsius & Tischer. Vol. 2, K.c.: 1-107, 5 pls., 2 maps, 3 text-figs. [17].
Type species:
Pantachogon haeckelii Maas, 1893 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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Species Pantachogon haeckelii Maas, 1893

Pantachogon haeckelii Maas, O. 1893. Die Craspedoten medusen der Plankton-Expedition. Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Kiel, Lipsius & Tischer. Vol. 2, K.c.: 1-107, 5 pls., 2 maps, 3 text-figs. [17-18, pl. 1, fig. 2].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

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Genus Pegasia Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Pegasia Péron, F. & Lesueur, C.A. 1810. Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 14: 325–366 [340].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

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Species Pegasia cylindrella Péron & Lesueur, 1810

Pegasia cylindrella Péron, F. & Lesueur, C.A. 1810. Tableau des caractères génériques et spécifiques de toutes les espèces de méduses connues jusqu'à ce jour. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 14: 325–366 [no. 42, p341 (alternatively paginated as p29), pl. 36, fig. 79 (fig. unpublished)].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Type locality listed as: de la terre d’Arnheim

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

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Genus Persa McCrady, 1859

Persa McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History of Charleston, South Carolina 1: 103-104 (1857); 105-221, pls 8-12 (1859) [205].
Type species:
Persa incolorata McCrady, 1859 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

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Species Persa incolorata McCrady, 1859

Persa incolorata McCrady, J. 1859. Gymnopthalmata of Charleston Harbor. Proceedings of the Elliott Society of Natural History of Charleston, South Carolina 1: 103-104 (1857); 105-221, pls 8-12 (1859) [206-207, pl. 12, fig. 3].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Distribution References

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Genus Rhopalonema Gegenbaur, 1857

Rhopalonema Gegenbaur, C. 1857. Versuch eines Systemes der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 8: 202–273, pl. vii–x [251].
Type species:
Rhopalonema velatum Gegenbaur, 1857 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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Species Rhopalonema velatum Gegenbaur, 1857

Rhopalonema velatum Gegenbaur, C. 1857. Versuch eines Systemes der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 8: 202–273, pl. vii–x [251-252, pl. 9, figs. 1-5].

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States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Distribution References

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Genus Sminthea Gegenbaur, 1857

Sminthea Gegenbaur, C. 1857. Versuch eines Systemes der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 8: 202–273, pl. vii–x [245].
Type species:
Sminthea eurygaster Gegenbaur, 1857 by subsequent designation, see Mayer, A.G. 1910. Medusae of the World. Vol. 1 and 2, The Hydromedusae. Vol. 3, The Scyphomedusae. Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution 735 pp., 76 pls. [reprinted by A. Asher & Co., 1977] [382].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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Species Sminthea eurygaster Gegenbaur, 1857

Sminthea eurygaster Gegenbaur, C. 1857. Versuch eines Systemes der Medusen, mit Beschreibung neuer oder wenig gekannter Formen; zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna des Mittelmeeres. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 8: 202–273, pl. vii–x [245-246, pl. 9, figs. 14-16].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Distribution References

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Genus Stauraglaura Haeckel, 1879

Stauraglaura Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [277].
Type species:
Stauraglaura tetragonima Haeckel, 1879 by monotypy.

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

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Species Stauraglaura tetragonima Haeckel, 1879

Stauraglaura tetragonima Haeckel, E. 1879. Das System der Medusen: Erster Theil einer Monographie der Medusen. Jena : G. Fischer. [277-278, pl. 16, figs. 10, 11].

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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Subclass TRACHYLINAE Haeckel, 1879

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Order LIMNOMEDUSAE Kramp, 1938

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Family OLINDIIDAE Haeckel, 1879

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Genus Aglauropsis Müller, 1865

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Species Aglauropsis conanti Browne, 1902

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Genus Craspedacusta Lankester, 1880

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Species Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880

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Genus Gonionemus A. Agassiz, 1862

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Species Gonionemus agilis Watson & Govindarajan, 2017

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Species Gonionemus hamatus Kramp, 1965

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Species Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862

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Genus Hexaphilia Gershwin & Zeidler, 2003

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Species Hexaphilia scoresbyi Gershwin & Zeidler, 2003

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Genus Olindias F. Müller, 1861

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Species Olindias phosphorica (Delle Chiaje, 1841)

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