Morphology and life cycle of Carybdea morandinii, sp. nov. (Cnidaria), a cubozoan with zooxanthellae and peculiar polyp anatomy
Author
Straehler-Pohl, Ilka
Author
Jarms, Gerhard
text
Zootaxa
2011
2755
36
56
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.203576
f6dd2934-77ab-47b2-8774-580ee2a0c8f6
1175-5326
203576
Carybdea morandinii
,
sp. nov.
Holotype
— one preserved cubopolyp, from a culture established from specimens obtained in a saltwater tank at Hagenbecks Tierpark, Hamburg,
Germany
, and originally from
east Asia
, deposited in collections of the Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universität Hamburg (
ZMH
) No.C.11999.
Paratype
series —20 preserved, fully developed cubopolyps with buds, 10 preserved cubopolyps without buds, one young medusa, and five preserved creeping cubopolyps,
ZMH
No.C.11750.
Type
locality — On coral rock, originally from
east Asia
, in a seawater tank at Hagenbecks Tierpark (Zoo), Hamburg,
Germany
.
Additional material – living polyps under cultivation in our laboratory.
Etymology — The specific name “
morandinii
” honours Dr. André Carrara Morandini, a well known Medusozoa morphologist and taxonomist. Dr. Morandini was working as a guest researcher in our laboratory when the species was discovered. His knowledge of Cubozoa helped determine that the cubopolyps likely represented a new species.
Diagnosis