Nausithoe rubra Vanhoffen 1902 ...
Nausithoe rubra Vanhöffen, 1902 (Fig. 14) Nausithoe rubra Vanh ̂ffen, 1902: 30–31, pl. I. Holotype ZMB 14808. Material examined: NMNH 28128 and 28129 (two specimens from Peru, no information on depth), NMNH 55931 (one specimen from California, USA 1975, depth: 900m), AMNH 2113 (one specimen from Tow...
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| Summary: | Nausithoe rubra Vanhöffen, 1902 (Fig. 14) Nausithoe rubra Vanh ̂ffen, 1902: 30–31, pl. I. Holotype ZMB 14808. Material examined: NMNH 28128 and 28129 (two specimens from Peru, no information on depth), NMNH 55931 (one specimen from California, USA 1975, depth: 900m), AMNH 2113 (one specimen from Tower Island, Galapagos 1925, depth: 372m) and MBARI database (identity-reference 46, coast of California 2013, 36°39’N 122°67’W, depth: 1,210m). Diagnosis: medusa—hyperdome red-purple bell with blue stomach. Description: Based on original description, Bigelow (1928), Mayer (1910), and Kramp (1961). Adult medusa up to 15 mm in diameter; exumbrella surface of central disc covered with nematocysts; pointed marginal lappets; tentacles and bell red-purple, stomach blue; gastric septae broadly triangular; narrow perradial gastric ostia. No information about a polyp stage. Type locality: East Atlantic (9°31’N 9°46’E, Benguela current, 2,000m depth). Distribution: possibly a worldwide species in deeper waters. Remarks: ... : 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 pages 22-23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8268440 ... |
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