Periphylla

Gershwin, Lisa-Ann & Zeidler, Wolfgang, 2008, Some new and previously unrecorded Scyphomedusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from southern Australian coastal waters, Zootaxa 1744, pp. 1-18 : 4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.274217

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5306111

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Periphylla
status

 

Periphylla View in CoL sp.

Material examined. WAM Z4668, North of Dampier, WA, 18° 30’S 116° 29’E to 18° 24’S 116° 29’E, midwater trawl to ca. 800 m, FRV Soela, coll. L. Marsh, 7.iv.1982; 12 specimens (BD 11.6–45.5 mm).

Remarks. This is the first record of the genus Periphylla in Australia. These specimens are similar in general morphology to a California form studied by the senior author. The bell is small, transparent, and conical, with a deeply red-pigmented stomach; the 12 tentacles occur in four groups of three between four interradial rhopalia. Currently most workers recognize only one species, P. periphylla , although many nominal species have been described in the past. A revision of the genus appears warranted but is beyond the scope of this paper.

WAM

Western Australian Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Scyphozoa

Order

Coronatae

Family

Periphyllidae

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