Medusozoans from the Mexican Pacific: a review based on historical literature and recent observations
Author
Estrada-González, Mariae C.
Author
Agüero, José
Author
Mendoza-Becerril, María A.
text
Journal of Natural History
2023
2023-06-15
57
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784
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2023.2214967
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2023.2214967
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Phacellophora
sp.
(
Figure 3H
)
Material examined
1, medusa;
Guadalupe Island
,
Baja California
,
29.118°N
,
118.274°W
; photograph
.
Identification (after
Mayer 1910
;
Jarms and Morandini 2019
)
Umbrella flat, with a slight dome-shaped aboral apex; umbrellar margin with pointed lappets. Oral arms curtain-shaped with several folds. Medusa colourless to white.
Figure 3.
(A, B)
Linuche
sp.
: A, Stephanoscyphistoma exoskeleton; B, aboral view. (C–E)
Lobonemidae
sp. indet.: C, umbrella; D, oral arms; E, umbrellar margin with rhopalium (square). (F, G)
Stomolophus
sp. 2
: F, umbrella; G, oral arms. H,
Phacellophora
sp.
: medusa. Scale bars: A, B=–500 μm. Photographs were taken by Oscar Peña (F) and Javier González (Sociedad Cooperativa Abuloneros y Langostero) (H).
Distribution
It has been recorded from the coast of
Baja California
(
Abboud
et al
. 2018
).
Remarks
The record of
Phacellophora
sp.
comes from an underwater photograph, so the morphological details related to the texture of the exumbrella, the position of the radial canals, and the arrangement of the structures of the umbrellar margin were not observed. It is not possible to give a species-level identification due to the poor amount of detail the existing photograph offers, as well as cryptic diversity within the genus (
Moura
et al
. 2022
). More studies based on integrative taxonomy are needed to define the lineages of this genus.