Species Tripedalia binata Moore, 1988
Compiler and date details
June 2012 - Lisa-ann Gershwin
DRAFT RECORD
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- Tripedalia binata Moore, S.J. 1988. A new species of cubomedusan (Cubozoa: Cnidaria) from northern Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 5(1): 1–4 [2].
Type data:
Holotype NTM C5858 (March 1985, among mangroves during high tide at surface), Elizabeth River, NT [12°35.5'S 130°56'E].
Paratype(s) NTM C2944 a-i (11 specimens), collected wtih holotype; BMNH 1987-10.26.2-11 (10 specimens), collected with holotype; BMNH 1987-10.26.1 (at surface, 5 April 1983), Francis Bay, Darwin, NT [12°29'S 130°52'E].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
India: Orissa
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, estuary, marine, planktonic.
Diagnosis
Tripedalia with two simple pedalia per corner; with rhopalial niche ostia frown-shaped with well developed upper covering scales and very shallow lower covering scales; with rhopaliar stalks adherent to the roof of the rhopaliar niches; pedalial canals simple, straight; velarial canals 3 per octant, simple.
History of changes
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| 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED |