Redescription of Chrysaora lactea Eschscholtz, 1829 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) from the Brazilian coast, with designation of a neotype
Author
Morandini, André C.
Author
Da, Fábio L.
Author
Silveira
Author
Cornelius, Paul F. S.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1135
29
48
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.171956
679c399b-1300-424b-a913-6f7f84265cc6
11755326
171956
Genus
Chrysaora
Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Pelagiidae
with eight rhopalia; with one, three or more tentacles between adjacent pairs of sense organs (that is, within each octant); with 16 radial gastrovascular pouches, the eight rhopalar pouches being narrower than the interrhopalar (tentacular) ones; with deep rhopalial pits on exumbrella; radial septa terminating near tentacle base; ephyrae with clusters of nematocysts on each side of the rhopalium (
Mayer, 1910
;
Kramp, 1961
;
Russell, 1970
;
Mianzan and Cornelius, 1999
;
Gershwin and Collins, 2002
). Scyphistoma typical of
Semaeostomeae
, usually with 16 tentacles, four septa dividing the gastrovascular cavity, and with long calyx and short peduncle.