Hydromedusae of the Agulhas Current Author Buecher, Emmanuelle Author Goy, Jacqueline Author J, Mark Author Gibbons text African Invertebrates 2005 2005-12-31 46 27 69 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.7909936 2305-2562 7909936 Nubiella mitra Bouillon, 1980 Nubiella mitra : Bouillon 1980: 314 , fig. 4; Goy et al . 1991: 109 , fig. 22. Description: Single immature specimen. Mitre-shaped umbrella, taller than broad; 1.5 mm in height. Exumbrella surface smooth. Mesoglea relatively firm, especially thick in apical cone. Velum narrow. Peripheral canal and four radial canals present; no centripetal canals. Four solitary marginal tentacles, each arising from small, almost spherical bulb at umbrella margin. Tentacles long, solid, filiform. Secondary tentacles absent. Manubrium flask-shaped, cylindrical, short, not reaching to level of velum. Mouth simple, circular, with short gastric peduncle; bearing four oral tentacles above mouth rim. Oral tentacles unbranched, small, with terminal cnidocyst clusters. Without statocysts. Without ocelli.When mature, gonads simple, smooth, completely surrounding manubrium proximally. Material examined: H5012. Comments: This is the only species in this genus. Distribution: New Guinea and eastern Mediterranean Sea. First record from the west Indian Ocean.