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

• Main Authors: Pagès, F., Bouillon, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Anthomedusae; Paragotoea bathybia; Tetraralphia hypothetica; Weddell; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/296335.pdf

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).