Nausithoe limpida Hartlaub 1909 ...

• Main Authors: Molinari, Clarissa G., Collins, Allen G., Morandini, André C.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Cnidaria; Scyphozoa; Coronatae; Nausithoidae; Nausithoe; Nausithoe limpida; Medusa; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8268484; https://zenodo.org/record/8268484

Nausithoe limpida Hartlaub, 1909 Nausithoe limpida Hartlaub, 1909: 474–476, pl. LXXVII figs 3, 5. Holotype not known, possibly not extant. Material examined: None. Diagnosis: medusa—hypodome bell with violet manubrium. Description: Based on original description, Bigelow (1928), and Kramp (1961). Adult medusae 16 mm in diameter, 6 mm of this the central disc; tentacles measuring 6 mm in length and with enlarged base; flattened, almost discoidal, umbrella (hypodome) with smooth central disc; manubrium violet; broad and slightly elongated marginal lappets (3 mm long); rhopalia with statocyst and ocellus (not described, based on figure); 96 gastric filaments in total (4 groups of 24); gonads irregularly heart-shaped, females with many dark eggs. Type locality: North Atlantic (75°47’N 12°59’W, 350m depth). Distribution: Only known from type locality. Remarks: This species might be synonymous with N. rubra because the number of gastric filaments and gonad shape are the same in both species. However, the adult ... : Published as part of Molinari, Clarissa G., Collins, Allen G. & Morandini, André C., 2023, A morphological review of the jellyfish genus Nausithoe Kölliker, 1853 (Nausithoideae, Coronatae, Scyphozoa, Cnidaria), pp. 1-32 in Zootaxa 5336 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8268440 ...