A redescription of Paragotoea bathybia Kramp 1942 (Hydroidomedusae: Coryinorphidae) with a new diagnosis for the genus Paragotoea

A redescription is given for the 1-tentacled Anthomedusa Paragotoea bathybia from new specimens collected in the Weddell Sea. The comparative study of the previous descriptions of this species permitted to define a new diagnosis for the genus which has been ascribed to the family Corymorphidae. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pagès, Francesc, Bouillon, Jean
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1997
Subjects:
Océanographie biologique
Océanographie physique et chimique
Anthomedusae
Paragotoea bathybia
Systematic position
Tetraralphia hypothetica n. gen. n. sp
Weddell
Weddell Sea
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/166000
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Summary:A redescription is given for the 1-tentacled Anthomedusa Paragotoea bathybia from new specimens collected in the Weddell Sea. The comparative study of the previous descriptions of this species permitted to define a new diagnosis for the genus which has been ascribed to the family Corymorphidae. The family Paragotoeidae Ralph, where P. bathybia was formerly included, is supressed. The 4-tentacled reconstructed stage considered by Ralph (1959) as the adult stage of P. bathybia is a new species placed in a new genus: Tetraralphia hypothetica, (Capitata incertae sedis). SCOPUS: ar.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published

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