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
10.35929/RSZ.0049
172fa5c5-c0c4-4bd7-b710-d608237b8458
0035-418
5639938
Genus
Pseudaegina
Lindsay, 2017
Pseudaegina
Lindsay,
2017
in
Lindsay
et al.,
2017: 507
,
type
species
Aegina rhodina
Haeckel, 1879
by original designation.
Diagnosis:
Narcomedusae
with interradial manubrial pouches which are subdivied by a short septum in the middle; with peripheral canal system; with primary perradial tentacles alternating with pairs of marginal pouches; tentacle roots recurved orally without penetrating deep into central mesoglea; manubrial pouches begin at points of origin of primary tentacles; deep peronial grooves lined with nematocysts below but not above points of origin of primary tentacles; without secondary tentacles on umbrella margin; without otoporpae.