Some new and previously unrecorded Scyphomedusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from southern Australian coastal waters Author Gershwin, Lisa-Ann Author Zeidler, Wolfgang text Zootaxa 2008 1744 1 18 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274217 927255e3-71ba-48d3-b594-f0bb3d28eccf 1175-5326 274217 Paraphyllina sp. Material examined . AM G16042, east of Brush Island, NSW , 35° 36’S 150° 55’E , FRV Kapala , JP 77-13 , 27.x.1977 ; female, 36.8 mm BD. AM G16026, same collection data as AM G16042, seven specimens (BD 21.5, 35.8, 33.6, 37.1, 26.5, 29.1 & 13.8 mm ). Remarks. This is the first record of a species of Paraphyllina from Australia . These specimens differ morphologically from forms previously described by Maas (1903) and Russell (1956a) , and studied meticulously by Russell (1970) . Periphyllina is characterized by W-shaped gonads and a dome-shaped central disk, as well as perradial rhopalia, separating it from Periphylla which has interradial rhopalia. Our identification of the New South Wales medusae as a species of Paraphyllina was based on the rhopalia being perradial; however, these specimens possess the following combination of atypical characters: male gonads were distinctly U-shaped, female gonads were tear-drop-shaped, the pigmented stomach region was distinctly conical, and all specimens possessed a conspicuous apical spire. Furthermore, phacellae were unusual, being cruciform along the attachment corners of the stomach. Phacellae are cruciform between attachment corners of the stomach in Periphylla , but triangular in the attachment corners of the stomach in Paraphyllina . While our form seems to differ from those previously described, proper description requires comparative study with overseas types , as well as collection of fresh material, both beyond the scope of this paper.