Dendrogramma discoides, 2014

Just, Jean, Kristensen, Reinhardt Møbjerg & Olesen, Jørgen, 2014, Dendrogramma, New Genus, with Two New Non- Bilaterian Species from the Marine Bathyal of Southeastern Australia (Animalia, Metazoa incertae sedis) – with Similarities to Some Medusoids from the, PLoSONE 9, pp. 1-11 : 6

Dendrogramma discoides new species

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Holotype. Australia, Victoria, S of Pt. Hicks , 38° 21.9'S 149° 20.0'E – 38° 21.40'S 149°20.90'E, 1000 m, WHOI epibenthic sled, RV Franklin Stn SLOPE 32, 23 July 1986, G.C.B. Poore et al., NMV F65710 .

Paratypes. 2 specimens, data as holotype, NMV F65711 . 1 specimen, data as holotype, ZMUC-DEN- 03 .

Description (holotype). Stem short, length approximately 1/10 disc diameter; not longer than wide at base of disc. Disc diameter approximately 17 mm (3 mm after shrinkage), stalk length approximately 4.5 mm (cf. Fig. 6 C). Disc circular with entire margin. Mouth-field of three lobes, two lobes of equal length both longer than the third lobe. Disc with 63 terminals of the gastrovascular branches.

Remarks. Dendrogramma discoides sp. nov. differs from D. enigmatica by its much shorter stalk and entire disc.

Etymology. This species is named for the shape of the disc.