Medusae from McMurdo sound, Ross Sea including the descriptions of two new species, Leuckartiara brownei and Benthocodon hyalinus

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Larson, R. J., Harbison, G. R.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 1990
• Subjects: Medusae; Species; McMurdo Sound (Antarctica); Hydrozoa; Southern Ocean; Ross Sea; McMurdo Sound; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00236517; http://digitool.fcla.edu:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=3333178

Seven species of medusae were collected using scuba equipment in neritic waters of McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Two species dominated, the narcomedusa Solmundella bitentaculata and the scyphomedusa Diplulmaris antarctica. Two new taxa were found. Leuckartiara brownei n. sp., a pandeid anthomedusa, has gonads with two major longitudinal folds in the interradii and several smaller perradially directed folds. Besides four large perradial tentacles, it has up to 28 short rudimentary tentacles. This is the first report of this genus from the Southern Ocean. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Larson, R. J., & Harbison, G. R. (1990). Medusae from McMurdo sound, Ross Sea including the descriptions of two new species, Leuckartiara brownei and Benthocodon hyalinus. Polar Biology, 11(1), 19-25. doi:10.1007/BF00236517 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #799.