Hydromedusae observed during night dives in the Gulf Stream
Author
Schuchert, Peter
Muséum d’histoire naturelle, C. P. 6434, CH- 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland
peter.schuchert@ville-ge.ch
Author
Collins, Richard
880 NE 33 rd Street, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
rc6684@icloud.com
text
Revue suisse de Zoologie
2021
2021-10-21
128
2
237
356
journal article
3356
10.35929/RSZ.0049
172fa5c5-c0c4-4bd7-b710-d608237b8458
0035-418
5639938
8382D1CA-7C0E-4B1C-9591-4CEAA2F296FB
Genus
Melicertissa
Haeckel, 1879
Melicertissa
Haeckel, 1879: 135
;
type
species
Melicertissa clavigera
Haeckel, 1879
by monotypy.
Melicertella
Haeckel, 1879: 134
;
type
species
Melicertella panocto
Haeckel, 1879
by monotypy.
Diagnosis:
Medusae with eight unbranched radial canals; stomach with eight basal perradial stomach extensions, leaf-like; bulbs and cordyli with adaxial ocelli; with or without cirri. Hydroid
Hebella
like.
Remarks:
See
Uribe-Palomino
et al.
(2018: 26
, table 1) for a synopsis of the species.