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; Nine specimens, and an additional 19 tissue specimens for molecular characterisation, collected by 
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at 13º 42’ 36” S, 40º 36’ 0” E. 
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Characterised by 16 velar lobes (f19); shorter, very folded oral arms; deep (0.10 BD), broad (0.20 BD), manubrium base (f2, f6); frequently anastomosing canal network with a higher number (10–17) of canal origins and lilac gonads.
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:
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Specimen number 
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Iziko 
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, collected by 
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from a bottom trawl on 
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at 
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, 
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. Bell shape approximately circular (
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), flat, thickening to centre; opaque, 
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in diameter (Table 1). Bell margin with 16 velar lobes, broad (
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), narrow (
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); with eight equally spaced rhopalia (
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). Rhopalium with a rounded, triangular hood dorsally, formed by the bell margin; bending downwards from the statocyst, away from the exumbrella. Rhopalium with two ocelli (diameter 
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), one directed dorsally (
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), one ventrally (
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). Numerous (70–80 per octant) short, narrow white tentacles at bell margin. Tentacles have a thickened base (
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width, 2.00 mm length) which narrows into a filament (
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width, 5.00 mm length). Four undivided oral arms, each less than half width of umbrella diameter in length (mean length 
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, mean width 
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at midpoint); lancet-shaped and pale in colour. Manubrium broad (
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width) and deep (
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). Mean proximal gastric cavity distance 
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, distal gastric cavity distance 
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. Each of the four gastric cavities leads to four perradial canals, nine interradial canals, and two adradial canals: adradial canals do not anastomose, but perradial canals anastomose three times (on average) and interradial canals anastomose 15 times (on average). Sub-genital pore within gastric tissue not centred. Mesoglea around sub-genital pore thickened, 
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. Gonads lilac in preserved specimens.
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF1897646D167B7E818FAEF" bold="true" box="[151,274,1974,1999]" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Relative abundances (percentage of total count ± SE) of nematocyst types found in oral arm and bell margin tissues of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF1897646F567DAE87DFAD3" box="[179,375,2011,2035]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="269">Aurelia mozambica</emphasis>
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shaded area indicates bell tissue and unshaded are indicates oral arm tissue.
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF0897746816097E846FD90" bold="true" box="[199,332,150,176]" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Variations:</emphasis>
(
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: Specimen numbers: 
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A091380 and A091381 Iziko South African Museum, collected by Dr D Thibault from a bottom trawl on 
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at 
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, 
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). Bell diameter 
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to 
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. Numerous small white tentacles slightly above the bell margin, 60–70 per octant in number. Each gastrogenital sinus leading to two unbranched adradial canals, 2–4 perradial canals and 4–6 interradial canals. Perradial and interradial canals anastomose within the distal half of the exumbrella. Oral arm is very folded and with a length of 1.1–1.5 bell radius (r) in mature specimens and manubrium is firm and broad (width: r/2–r/3). Bell shape and thickness not allometrically linked; specimens below 
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in bell diameter did not exhibit the classic bell shape or thickness profile and some had not fully developed oral arms (Supplementary 
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).
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF0897746D16477E81EF9AE" bold="true" box="[151,276,1142,1166]" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
a) A whole specimen of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF0897744536477EBD0F9AE" box="[533,730,1142,1166]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Aurelia mozambica</emphasis>
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on the deck of the RV 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF0897742656476EDFAF9AE" box="[1059,1264,1142,1166]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Dr Fridtjof Nansen.</emphasis>
Specimen diameter ~15 cm b) Holotype, specimen number SAMC-A091379, Iziko South African Museum. Specimen diameter ~ 4.7cm. Both pictures have been edited to increase contrast in order to make features clearer.
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF0897746816505E837F83E" bold="true" box="[199,317,1284,1310]" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Cnidome:</emphasis>
The cnidome includes three 
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of nematocyst: rhopaloids, a-isorhizas and polyspiras (
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). 
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shows the measurements of these and 
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shows the relative abundances of each nematocyst within the two tissue 
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. There was no significant difference in the relative abundances of the different nematocysts between the bell and oral arm tissues. Paired 
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-tests also showed a significant difference in the size of a-isorhizas and polyspiras between the two 
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of tissue (
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= 19, 
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= 2.303, 
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= 0.016 and 
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= 19, 
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= 1.792, 
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= 0.045 respectively), but there was no significant difference in the size of rhopaloids (
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= 19, 
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= -0.856, 
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= 0.201). The findings differ from 
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who found atrichous haplonemes and microbasic heterotrichous euryteles in 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF0897742D165DDEC3EF8D6" box="[1175,1332,1500,1526]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Aurelia aurita</emphasis>
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samples. However, they are in agreement with Calder (1977), who found a-isorhizas and euryteles in 
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samples as well as polyspiras in the polyp stage although notably Calder (1977) did not find polyspiras in the ephyrae stage of 
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.
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF0897746D16693E800FB8A" bold="true" box="[151,266,1682,1706]" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Undischarged nematocyst mean sizes (μm ± SE) in oral arm and bell margin tissue of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFF0897742E16693EC7FFB8A" box="[1191,1397,1682,1706]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Aurelia mozambica</emphasis>
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.
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<paragraph id="8BAE3680FFF0897746E066DEEC3EFAC8" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">
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<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F46E066DFE85CFBD7" box="[166,342,1758,1783]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Nematocyst Type</th>
<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F440766DFEBB8FBD7" box="[577,690,1758,1783]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">a-Isorhiza</th>
<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F453066DFED0AFBD7" box="[886,1024,1758,1783]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Polyspiras</th>
<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F428566DFEC3EFBD7" box="[1219,1332,1758,1783]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Rhopaloid</th>
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<tr id="352134C2FFF0768F46E06706EC3EFA3F" box="[166,1332,1799,1823]" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">
<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F46E06706EC3EFA3F" box="[166,1332,1799,1823]" colspan="4" colspanRight="3" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Oral Arm</th>
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<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F46E0672EE85CFA67" box="[166,342,1839,1863]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Length</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F4407672EEBB8FA67" box="[577,690,1839,1863]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">9.8 (±1.4)</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F4530672EED0AFA67" box="[886,1024,1839,1863]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">10.65 (±2.06)</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F4285672EEC3EFA67" box="[1219,1332,1839,1863]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">7.7 (±2.60)</td>
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<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F46E06756E85CFA4F" box="[166,342,1879,1903]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Width</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F44076756EBB8FA4F" box="[577,690,1879,1903]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">5.3 (±1.03)</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F45306756ED0AFA4F" box="[886,1024,1879,1903]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">5.1 (±1.94)</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F42856756EC3EFA4F" box="[1219,1332,1879,1903]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">6.4 (±1.90)</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFF0768F46E0677EEC3EFAB7" box="[166,1332,1919,1943]" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">
<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F46E0677EEC3EFAB7" box="[166,1332,1919,1943]" colspan="4" colspanRight="3" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Bell margin</th>
</tr>
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<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F46E067A9E85CFAE0" box="[166,342,1960,1984]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Length</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F440767A9EBB8FAE0" box="[577,690,1960,1984]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">8.3 (±3.80)</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F453067A9ED0AFAE0" box="[886,1024,1960,1984]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">9.8 (±2.4)</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F428567A9EC3EFAE0" box="[1219,1332,1960,1984]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">9.3 (±1.22)</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFF0768F46E067D1EC3EFAC8" box="[166,1332,2000,2024]" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">
<th id="76F05DBEFFF0768F46E067D1E85CFAC8" box="[166,342,2000,2024]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">Width</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F440767D1EBB8FAC8" box="[577,690,2000,2024]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">5.3 (±1.66)</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F453067D1ED0AFAC8" box="[886,1024,2000,2024]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">6.2 (±1.36)</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFF0768F428567D1EC3EFAC8" box="[1219,1332,2000,2024]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="270">7.2 (±1.47)</td>
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897846816097E869FD90" bold="true" box="[199,355,150,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Distribution:</emphasis>
Shallow water along the coast of 
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, collected off the mouth of the Zambezi River (
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, 
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) and south of the Lurio River (
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, 
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)
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C30B650BFFFF8978468160DEEC26FDD9" box="[199,1324,223,249]" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF8978468160DEE858FDD9" bold="true" box="[199,338,223,249]" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Etymology:</emphasis>
‘ 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF8978472460DEE8E2FDD9" box="[354,488,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">mozambica’</emphasis>
referring to the area in which the specimens were collected, 
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.
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<subSubSection id="C30B650BFFFF897B46816102E8FEFF89" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="274" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897846816102E837FC3D" bold="true" box="[199,317,259,285]" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Remarks:</emphasis>
This species contrasts with other species of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897845046102EA9FFC3D" box="[834,917,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia</emphasis>
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in a number of ways: it differs from 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF8978430F6102E9F3FC61" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia coerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in bell shape, number of interradial canals and number of anastomoses; from 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF8978421E6126EDF3FC61" box="[1112,1273,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia relicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in manubrium depth, manubrium breadth and number of anastomoses on interradial canals; and from 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF89784230614AEC1FFC45" box="[1142,1301,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia solida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in oral arm length, manubrium breadth and number of anastomoses on interradial canals (
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). This species also shows clear differences from the 
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of 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897847946192EBBCFC8D" box="[466,694,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFF897847946192EBB8FC8D" authorityName="Bigelow" authorityYear="1904" box="[466,690,403,429]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="maldivensis">Aurelia maldivensis</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
which was described by 
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, as having a simple cruciform mouth surrounded by very elongated lips hanging below the bell as a curtain, resembling those of an immature 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897846D161DAE9E7FCD5" box="[151,237,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Cyanea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
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also noted its violet colour and eight velar lobes, each with a very slight depression in the centre. 
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shows the differences between this species and other species that have been recorded in the region.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897846D16484E81EF9BE" bold="true" box="[151,276,1157,1182]" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Superior ocellus of the rhopalium of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897844DD6487EA6BF9BE" box="[667,865,1158,1182]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia mozambica</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657E9FFFF8978452F6487EAB1F9BE" box="[873,955,1158,1182]" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(A), inferior ocellus facing away from the exumbrella (B).
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897846D164F0E806F829" bold="true" box="[151,268,1265,1289]" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">TABLE 3.</emphasis>
Distinguishing features of selected species of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF8978454C64F3EA53F82A" box="[778,857,1266,1290]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia</emphasis>
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examined here. All measurements (non-meristic) are
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shown as a percentage of Bell Diameter (±SD): adapted from 
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Scorrano 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897845D46517EAC2F80E" box="[914,968,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">et al.</emphasis>
(2017)
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.
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<paragraph id="8BAE3680FFFF897847E9653DEC22FAC8" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897847E9653DE8F0F874" box="[431,506,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia</emphasis>
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sp. 1 =
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<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFF897844D8653DEA69F874" authorityName="Brown &amp; Scorrano &amp; Kuplik &amp; Kuyper &amp; Ras &amp; Thibault &amp; Engelbrecht" authorityYear="2021" box="[670,867,1340,1364]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="mozambica">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897844D8653DEA69F874" box="[670,867,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia mozambica</emphasis>
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<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D3653DED9AF875" box="[917,1168,1340,1365]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFF8978458F653DED56F874" box="[969,1116,1340,1364]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="relicta">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF8978458F653DED56F874" box="[969,1116,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia relicta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F4653DEC9BF875" box="[1202,1425,1340,1365]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFF89784291653DEC28F874" authorityName="Lamarck" authorityYear="1816" box="[1239,1314,1340,1364]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF89784291653DEC28F874" box="[1239,1314,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Aurelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. 8 =
</th>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E06561EC9BF859" box="[166,1425,1376,1401]" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-3="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA6561EB62F859" box="[396,616,1376,1401]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFF897847F96560EB3FF858" baseAuthorityName="von Lendenfeld" baseAuthorityYear="1884" box="[447,565,1376,1400]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="coerulea">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897847F96560EB3FF858" box="[447,565,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">A. coerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D56561EA65F859" box="[659,879,1376,1401]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF8978449E6560EA23F859" bold="true" box="[728,809,1377,1401]" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F46561EC9BF859" box="[1202,1425,1376,1401]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFF897842B26560EC45F858" baseAuthorityName="Browne" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[1268,1359,1376,1400]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="solida">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFF897842B26560EC45F858" box="[1268,1359,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">A. solida</emphasis>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E06587EC9BF8BE" box="[166,1425,1414,1438]" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E06587E86BF8BE" box="[166,353,1414,1438]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Description</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA6587EB62F8BE" box="[396,616,1414,1438]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Disc flat, white tenta-</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D56587EA65F8BE" box="[659,879,1414,1438]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Disc flat, white tenta-</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D36587ED9AF8BE" box="[917,1168,1414,1438]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Disc flat, white tentacles</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F46587EC9BF8BE" box="[1202,1425,1414,1438]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Disc rounded, thick,</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E065ABEC9BF8E2" box="[166,1425,1450,1474]" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA65ABEB62F8E2" box="[396,616,1450,1474]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">cles arranged slightly</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D565ABEA65F8E2" box="[659,879,1450,1474]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">cles arranged slightly</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D365ABED9AF8E2" box="[917,1168,1450,1474]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">arranged slightly above</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F465ABEC9BF8E2" box="[1202,1425,1450,1474]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">pink tentacles slightly</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E065CFEC9BF8C6" box="[166,1425,1486,1510]" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA65CFEB62F8C6" box="[396,616,1486,1510]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">above bell margin</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D565CFEA65F8C6" box="[659,879,1486,1510]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">above bell margin</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D365CFED9AF8C6" box="[917,1168,1486,1510]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">bell margin</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F465CFEC9BF8C6" box="[1202,1425,1486,1510]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">above bell margin</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E065F2EC9BFB2B" box="[166,1425,1523,1547]" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E065F2E86BFB2B" box="[166,353,1523,1547]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Gonad Colour</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA65F2EB62FB2B" box="[396,616,1523,1547]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Pinkish</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D565F2EA65FB2B" box="[659,879,1523,1547]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Lilac</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D365F2ED9AFB2B" box="[917,1168,1523,1547]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">White</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F465F2EC9BFB2B" box="[1202,1425,1523,1547]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Rose-Violet</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E06619EC9BFB11" box="[166,1425,1560,1585]" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E06619E86BFB11" box="[166,353,1560,1585]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Manubrium depth</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA6619EB62FB11" box="[396,616,1560,1585]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">6.05 ± 0.75</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D56619EA65FB11" box="[659,879,1560,1585]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">5.09 ± 0.88</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D36619ED9AFB11" box="[917,1168,1560,1585]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">1.45 ± 0.12</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F46619EC9BFB11" box="[1202,1425,1560,1585]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">3.39 ± 0.51</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E0663CEC9BFB75" box="[166,1425,1597,1621]" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E0663CE86BFB75" box="[166,353,1597,1621]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">(%BD)</th>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E06663EC9BFB5A" box="[166,1425,1634,1658]" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E06663E86BFB5A" box="[166,353,1634,1658]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Folding of Oral</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA6663EB62FB5A" box="[396,616,1634,1658]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Folded</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D56663EA65FB5A" box="[659,879,1634,1658]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Folded</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D36663ED9AFB5A" box="[917,1168,1634,1658]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Slightly Folded</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F46663EC9BFB5A" box="[1202,1425,1634,1658]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Slightly Folded</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E06687EC9BFBBD" box="[166,1425,1670,1693]" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E06687E86BFBBD" box="[166,353,1670,1693]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">arm</th>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E066AAEC9BFBE3" box="[166,1425,1707,1731]" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E066AAE86BFBE3" box="[166,353,1707,1731]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Oral arm length</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA66AAEB62FBE3" box="[396,616,1707,1731]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">40.17 ± 1.5</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D566AAEA65FBE3" box="[659,879,1707,1731]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">35.64 ± 2.79</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D366AAED9AFBE3" box="[917,1168,1707,1731]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">38.85 ± 2.44</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F466AAEC9BFBE3" box="[1202,1425,1707,1731]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">44.49 ± 1.32</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E066CEEC9BFBC7" box="[166,1425,1743,1767]" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E066CEE86BFBC7" box="[166,353,1743,1767]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">(%BD)</th>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E066F5EC9BFA2C" box="[166,1425,1780,1804]" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E066F5E86BFA2C" box="[166,353,1780,1804]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Manubrium Width</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA66F5EB62FA2C" box="[396,616,1780,1804]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">17.25 ± 0.54</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D566F5EA65FA2C" box="[659,879,1780,1804]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">18.28 ± 0.79</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D366F5ED9AFA2C" box="[917,1168,1780,1804]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">13.87 ± 0.67</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F466F5EC9BFA2C" box="[1202,1425,1780,1804]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">14.88 ± 0.66</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E06719EC9BFA10" box="[166,1425,1816,1840]" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E06719E86BFA10" box="[166,353,1816,1840]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">(%BD)</th>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E0673CEC9BFA76" box="[166,1425,1853,1878]" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E0673CE86BFA76" box="[166,353,1853,1878]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Distal Gastric</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA673CEB62FA76" box="[396,616,1853,1878]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">35 ± 1.15</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D5673CEA65FA76" box="[659,879,1853,1878]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">33.89 ± 2.56</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D3673CED9AFA76" box="[917,1168,1853,1878]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">30.83 ± 0.66</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F4673CEC9BFA76" box="[1202,1425,1853,1878]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">42.81 ± 1.77</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E06760EC9BFA5A" box="[166,1425,1889,1914]" gridrow="15" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E06760E86BFA5A" box="[166,353,1889,1914]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Diameter (%BD)</th>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E06786EC9BFABF" box="[166,1425,1927,1951]" gridrow="16" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E06786E86BFABF" box="[166,353,1927,1951]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Number of</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA6786EB62FABF" box="[396,616,1927,1951]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">7–10</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D56786EA65FABF" box="[659,879,1927,1951]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">8–12</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D36786ED9AFABF" box="[917,1168,1927,1951]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">6–9</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F46786EC9BFABF" box="[1202,1425,1927,1951]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">6–9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E067AAEC9BFAE3" box="[166,1425,1963,1987]" gridrow="17" pageId="8" pageNumber="271" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E067AAE86BFAE3" box="[166,353,1963,1987]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Origins of Canals</th>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFF768F46E067D1EC9BFAC8" box="[166,1425,2000,2024]" gridrow="18" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFF768F46E067D1E86BFAC8" box="[166,353,2000,2024]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">Velar Lobes</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F47CA67D1EB62FAC8" box="[396,616,2000,2024]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">8 or 16</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F44D567D1EA65FAC8" box="[659,879,2000,2024]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">16</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F45D367D1ED9AFAC8" box="[917,1168,2000,2024]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">8</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFF768F42F467D1EC9BFAC8" box="[1202,1425,2000,2024]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="8" pageNumber="271">8</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAE3680FFFE897946D16096EC27FD8F" blockId="9.[151,1325,151,176]" box="[151,1325,151,176]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897946D16096E800FD8F" bold="true" box="[151,266,151,175]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">TABLE 4.</emphasis>
Comparisons of species recorded in the Western Indian Ocean based off original type descriptions.
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<paragraph id="8BAE3680FFFE8979473460C1EA08F909" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E060C1EC86FDF8" box="[166,1420,192,216]" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-0="1">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F476160C1EB2CFDF8" box="[295,550,192,216]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFE8979473460C1E8D0FDF8" authorityName="Brandt" authorityYear="1835" box="[370,474,192,216]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="colpota">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE8979473460C1E8D0FDF8" box="[370,474,192,216]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">A. colpota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F440160C1EA6AFDF8" box="[583,864,192,216]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFE897944CF60C1EA17FDF8" authorityName="Bigelow" authorityYear="1904" box="[649,797,192,216]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="maldivensis">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897944CF60C1EA17FDF8" box="[649,797,192,216]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">A. maldivensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F453960C1ED64FDF8" box="[895,1134,192,216]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFE8979458F60C1ED29FDF8" baseAuthorityName="Browne" baseAuthorityYear="1905" box="[969,1059,192,216]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="solida">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE8979458F60C1ED29FDF8" box="[969,1059,192,216]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">A. solida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA60C1EC86FDF8" box="[1164,1420,192,216]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFE897942DE60C1EC2DFDF8" authority="Brown &amp; Scorrano &amp; Kuplik &amp; Kuyper &amp; Ras &amp; Thibault &amp; Engelbrecht, 2021" authorityName="Brown &amp; Scorrano &amp; Kuplik &amp; Kuyper &amp; Ras &amp; Thibault &amp; Engelbrecht" authorityYear="2021" box="[1176,1319,192,216]" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="mozambica" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897942DE60C1EC2DFDF8" box="[1176,1319,192,216]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">A. mozambica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE8979436860C1EC75FDF8" bold="true" box="[1326,1407,192,216]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657E9FFFE8979436860C1EC75FDF8" box="[1326,1407,192,216]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</th>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E060E9EC86FC20" box="[166,1420,232,256]" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F46E060E9E80FFC20" box="[166,261,232,256]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Tentacles</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F476160E9EB2CFC20" box="[295,550,232,256]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Original description</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F440160E9EA6AFC20" box="[583,864,232,256]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Pink to violet, situated on</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F453960E9ED64FC20" box="[895,1134,232,256]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Numerous small, pink-</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA60E9EC86FC20" box="[1164,1420,232,256]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">White, short tentacles</td>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F4761610DEB2CFC04" box="[295,550,268,292]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
(
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): Reddish.
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F4401610DEA6AFC04" box="[583,864,268,292]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">exumbrella, some distance</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F4539610DED64FC04" box="[895,1134,268,292]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">ish tentacles arranged</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA610DEC86FC04" box="[1164,1420,268,292]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">arranged on bell margin;</td>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F47616131EB2CFC68" box="[295,550,304,328]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE897947616130E8A1FC68" author="Maas, O." box="[295,427,304,328]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" pagination="1 - 91" refId="ref7400" refString="Maas, O. (1903) Die scyphomedusen der Siboga-expedition. Siboga expedition, 11 (9), 1 - 91." type="journal article" year="1903">Maas (1903)</bibRefCitation>
: Yellow. No
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016131EA6AFC68" box="[583,864,304,328]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">from bell margin; approxi-</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F45396131ED64FC68" box="[895,1134,304,328]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">slightly above bell</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA6131EC86FC68" box="[1164,1420,304,328]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">approximately 35–40 per</td>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F47616155EB2CFC4C" box="[295,550,340,364]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">other data available.</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016155EA6AFC4C" box="[583,864,340,364]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">mately 60 per lappet.</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F45396155ED64FC4C" box="[895,1134,340,364]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">margin.</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA6155EC86FC4C" box="[1164,1420,340,364]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">lappet (70–80 per octant)</td>
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<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F46E0617DE80FFCB5" box="[166,261,380,405]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Oral</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F4761617DEB2CFCB5" box="[295,550,380,405]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Ovate-Lanceolate.</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F4401617DEA6AFCB5" box="[583,864,380,405]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Large, tentacled; extending</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F4539617DED64FCB5" box="[895,1134,380,405]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Slightly folded; mean</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA617DEC86FCB5" box="[1164,1420,380,405]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Undivided, heavily</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E061A1EC86FC98" box="[166,1420,416,440]" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F46E061A1E80FFC98" box="[166,261,416,440]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">arms</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F440161A1EA6AFC98" box="[583,864,416,440]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">curtain like below the bell</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F453961A1ED64FC98" box="[895,1134,416,440]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">length 88% of bell</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA61A1EC86FC98" box="[1164,1420,416,440]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">folded; less than half</td>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F453961C5ED64FCFC" box="[895,1134,452,476]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">radius.</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA61C5EC86FCFC" box="[1164,1420,452,476]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">umbrella diameter in</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E061E9EC86FF20" box="[166,1420,488,512]" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA61E9EC86FF20" box="[1164,1420,488,512]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">length.</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E06211EC86FF09" box="[166,1420,528,553]" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F46E06211E80FFF09" box="[166,261,528,553]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Colour</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F47616211EB2CFF09" box="[295,550,528,553]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Original description</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016211EA6AFF09" box="[583,864,528,553]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Whole animal including</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F45396211ED64FF09" box="[895,1134,528,553]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Bell margin; light</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA6211EC86FF09" box="[1164,1420,528,553]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Opaque/ translucent with</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E06235EC86FF6C" box="[166,1420,564,588]" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F47616235EB2CFF6C" box="[295,550,564,588]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
(
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): Red-
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016235EA6AFF6C" box="[583,864,564,588]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">gonads is bright lilac, pink</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F45396235ED64FF6C" box="[895,1134,564,588]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">violet.</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA6235EC86FF6C" box="[1164,1420,564,588]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">lilac gonads.</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E06259EC86FF51" box="[166,1420,600,625]" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F47616259EB2CFF51" box="[295,550,600,625]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
dish. 
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: Pink
</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016259EA6AFF51" box="[583,864,600,625]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">or blue.</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E0627DEC86FFB4" box="[166,1420,636,660]" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F4761627DEB2CFFB4" box="[295,550,636,660]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">gonads.</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E062A4EC86FF9D" box="[166,1420,677,701]" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F46E062A4E80FFF9D" box="[166,261,677,701]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Canals</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F476162A4EB2CFF9D" box="[295,550,677,701]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Insufficient data.</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F440162A4EA6AFF9D" box="[583,864,677,701]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Pink to violet; interradial</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F453962A4ED64FF9D" box="[895,1134,677,701]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Salmon-violet; adradial</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA62A4EC86FF9D" box="[1164,1420,677,701]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
White/Opaque; 
<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E062C8EC86FFC1" box="[166,1420,713,737]" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F440162C8EA6AFFC1" box="[583,864,713,737]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">interracanals frequently anasto-</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F453962C8ED64FFC1" box="[895,1134,713,737]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">canals branched few</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA62C8EC86FFC1" box="[1164,1420,713,737]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">dial and perradial canals</td>
</tr>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E062ECEC86FE25" box="[166,1420,749,773]" gridrow="15" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F440162ECEA6AFE25" box="[583,864,749,773]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">mose; adradial canals un-</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F453962ECED64FE25" box="[895,1134,749,773]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">times.</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA62ECEC86FE25" box="[1164,1420,749,773]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">branched; unbranched</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E06310EC86FE09" box="[166,1420,785,809]" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-3="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016310EA6AFE09" box="[583,864,785,809]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">branched, as are the canals</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA6310EC86FE09" box="[1164,1420,785,809]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">adradial canals.</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E06334EC86FE6D" box="[166,1420,821,845]" gridrow="17" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016334EA6AFE6D" box="[583,864,821,845]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">running to the indent on the</td>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016358EA6AFE51" box="[583,864,857,881]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">middle of each lappet.</td>
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<tr id="352134C2FFFE768F46E06380EC86FEB9" box="[166,1420,897,921]" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F46E06380E80FFEB9" box="[166,261,897,921]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Bell</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F47616380EB2CFEB9" box="[295,550,897,921]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Insufficient data.</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016380EA6AFEB9" box="[583,864,897,921]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">8 velar lobes with indenta-</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F45396380ED64FEB9" box="[895,1134,897,921]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Bell shape typically</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA6380EC86FEB9" box="[1164,1420,897,921]" gridcol="4" gridrow="19" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">16 marginal lobes. Bell</td>
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<th id="76F05DBEFFFE768F46E063A4E80FFE9D" box="[166,261,933,957]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">shape</th>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F440163A4EA6AFE9D" box="[583,864,933,957]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">tions on midpoint of each</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F453963A4ED64FE9D" box="[895,1134,933,957]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">undulating, 8 marginal</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F42CA63A4EC86FE9D" box="[1164,1420,933,957]" gridcol="4" gridrow="20" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">flat, thickening to centre</td>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F440163C8EA6AFEC1" box="[583,864,969,993]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">lobe. Bell very thick and</td>
<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F453963C8ED64FEC1" box="[895,1134,969,993]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">lobes.</td>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F440163ECEA6AF925" box="[583,864,1005,1029]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">more than one third as high</td>
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<td id="76F05DBEFFFE768F44016410EA6AF909" box="[583,864,1041,1065]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">as broad.</td>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAE3680FFFE897946816459EA01FB67" blockId="9.[151,1437,1112,2039]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
While it is conventional to designate 
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for a species in the absence of a 
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, rather than erect a new species (for reasons of stability), we do not believe that the material recovered here can be assigned to 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE8979430F647DE9E1F99A" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Aurelia colpota</emphasis>
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. Our arguments are twofold. Firstly, 
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was collected “in der Südsee unter d. 35 ° südl. Breite und dem 33 
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Grade westlicher Länge in der Nähe der Süd-spitz von Africa gefangen” (
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). 
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appear to have interpreted this as 
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, which is in water with a depth of ~4 
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and at a location that is over 2 000 km from the west coast of 
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. Not only is this very far from the mouth of Zambezi River in 
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, but it is also situated in a very different environment. 
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has a rich marine biodiversity (
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Gibbons 
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., 1999
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; 
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Griffiths 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897944CC6554EBB1F84E" box="[650,699,1364,1390]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">et al</emphasis>
., 2010
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), and pronounced biogeographic provincialism, especially for taxa that show an alteration between a benthic and pelagic life-history phase (e.g. 
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE897942126579EC36F8B3" author="Gibbons, M. J. &amp; Buecher, E. &amp; Thibault-Botha, D. &amp; Helm, R. R." box="[1108,1340,1400,1427]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" pagination="606 - 616" refId="ref6825" refString="Gibbons, M. J., Buecher, E., Thibault-Botha, D. &amp; Helm, R. R. (2010) Patterns in marine hydrozoan richness and biogeography around southern Africa: implications of life cycle strategy. Journal of Biogeography, 37, 606 - 616. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2699.2009.02237. x" type="journal article" year="2010">
Gibbons 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897942FC6578EDE1F8B2" box="[1210,1259,1400,1426]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">et al</emphasis>
., 2010
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), as species of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897946A1659DE830F896" box="[231,314,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Aurelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
do. Indeed, 
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Ras 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897947B2659CEB2EF896" box="[500,548,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">et al</emphasis>
. (2020)
</bibRefCitation>
have recently shown that two species of the scyphozoan 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897942B1659DEC65F896" box="[1271,1391,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Chrysaora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be found around 
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, despite having a slightly overlapping distribution; one with a centre of distribution along the south coast (
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897947D265E4EB26F8DE" box="[404,556,1508,1535]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">C. agulhensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and one along the west coast (
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897945C965E4EAF4F8DE" box="[911,1022,1508,1535]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">C. fulgida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Given that the environments of the south and west coasts are not as distinct as those of the west and north-east coasts, we consider it highly unlikely that 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE8979468E662CE831FB66" box="[200,315,1580,1607]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">A. colpota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE89794734662CEB1BFB66" box="[370,529,1580,1607]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">A. mozambica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE89794451662CEB7BFB67" bold="true" box="[535,625,1581,1607]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A25657E9FFFE89794451662CEB7BFB67" box="[535,625,1581,1607]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
are the same.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BAE3680FFFE897946816651EB3BFAD6" blockId="9.[151,1437,1112,2039]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE897946816651E851FB4B" author="Lutke, F. P." box="[199,347,1616,1643]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" refId="ref7359" refString="Lutke, F. P. (1835) Voyage autour du monde ... sur la corvette &quot; le Seniavine &quot; dans les annees 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829. Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, 410 pp." type="book" year="1835">Lutké (1835)</bibRefCitation>
documents the voyages of the Russian vessels 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897945356650EAD2FB4B" box="[883,984,1617,1643]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Senyavin</emphasis>
and 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897942566651ED56FB4A" box="[1040,1116,1616,1642]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Moller</emphasis>
over the period 1826–1829, in which Dr KH Mertens participated. Mertens contributed to this volume, reporting on the observations of “L’académicien Docteur Brandt”. In the account, Mertens makes mention of all the medusae recovered, including 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897946D166BDE842FBF6" box="[151,328,1724,1750]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Aurelia limbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897947C666BDEB25FBF6" box="[384,559,1724,1750]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Aurelia hyalina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but not 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897944C866BDEA37FBF6" box="[654,829,1724,1750]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Aurelia colpota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which further supports Brandt’s own concerns about its identity as articulated in 1838 (
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE8979446666E1EBB0FBDB" author="Brandt, J. F." box="[544,698,1760,1787]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" pagination="237 - 411" refId="ref6276" refString="Brandt, J. F. (1838) Ausfuhrliche Beschreibung der von CH Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schirmquallen nebst allgemeinen Bemerkungen uber die Schirmquallen uberhaupt. Memoires de l'Academie imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. ser. 6. Sciences naturelles, 2, 237 - 411." type="journal article" year="1838">Brandt, 1838</bibRefCitation>
). A number of authors have subsequently reported on specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897946F16705E85DFA3E" box="[183,343,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Aurelia aurita</emphasis>
var 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897947CA6705E8E9FA3E" box="[396,483,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">colpota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897947A56705E8EDFA3E" box="[483,487,1796,1822]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">,</emphasis>
either without description (as Goette, 1886), or with a description that is almost as unconvincing as the 
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(e.g. 
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). Colour is notoriously unreliable as a diagnostic feature (
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE8979434E6729EC9AFA63" author="Holst, S." box="[1288,1424,1832,1859]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" pagination="2707 - 2722" refId="ref7106" refString="Holst, S. (2012) Morphology and development of benthic and pelagic life stages of North Sea jellyfish (Scyphozoa, Cnidaria) with special emphasis on the identification of ephyra stages. Marine Biology, 159, 2707 - 2722. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00227 - 012 - 2028 - 0" type="journal article" year="2012">Holst, 2012</bibRefCitation>
), and specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE8979472E674DEB13FA46" box="[360,537,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Aurelia colpota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appear to vary from lilac, through rose to yellow (
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE8979422E674DEC0BFA47" author="Brandt, J. F." box="[1128,1281,1868,1895]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" pagination="237 - 411" refId="ref6276" refString="Brandt, J. F. (1838) Ausfuhrliche Beschreibung der von CH Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schirmquallen nebst allgemeinen Bemerkungen uber die Schirmquallen uberhaupt. Memoires de l'Academie imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. ser. 6. Sciences naturelles, 2, 237 - 411." type="journal article" year="1838">Brandt, 1838</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE89794349674CEC9DFA47" author="Maas, O." box="[1295,1431,1869,1895]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" pagination="1 - 91" refId="ref7400" refString="Maas, O. (1903) Die scyphomedusen der Siboga-expedition. Siboga expedition, 11 (9), 1 - 91." type="journal article" year="1903">Maas, 1903</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE897946D16771E839FAAB" author="Stiasny, G." box="[151,307,1904,1931]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" pagination="66 - 99" refId="ref8109" refString="Stiasny, G. (1919) Die Scyphomedusen-Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden: II. Stauromedusae, Coronatae, Semaeostomeae. Zoologische Mededelingen, 5 (9), 66 - 99." type="journal article" year="1919">Stiasny, 1919</bibRefCitation>
). While the number of radial canals arising from the genital sinus is repeatedly reported as five, this feature is shared by many species in the genus (e.g. 
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE8979449D6794EA67FA8F" author="Mayer, A. G." box="[731,877,1941,1967]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" refId="ref7424" refString="Mayer, A. G. (1910) Medusae of the world. III: the Scyphomedusae. Carnegie Institute, Washington, 454 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 159245" type="book" year="1910">Mayer, 1910</bibRefCitation>
). But one of the key features that sets 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFE897943516795E9C3FAF2" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="272">Aurelia colpota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
apart from others is the “deeply incised” nature of the oral arms (
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE897945F267B9ED46FAF3" author="Brandt, J. F." box="[948,1100,1976,2003]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" pagination="237 - 411" refId="ref6276" refString="Brandt, J. F. (1838) Ausfuhrliche Beschreibung der von CH Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schirmquallen nebst allgemeinen Bemerkungen uber die Schirmquallen uberhaupt. Memoires de l'Academie imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. ser. 6. Sciences naturelles, 2, 237 - 411." type="journal article" year="1838">Brandt, 1838</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFE8979421E67B9EDFEFAF3" author="Stiasny, G." box="[1112,1268,1976,2003]" pageId="9" pageNumber="272" pagination="66 - 99" refId="ref8109" refString="Stiasny, G. (1919) Die Scyphomedusen-Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden: II. Stauromedusae, Coronatae, Semaeostomeae. Zoologische Mededelingen, 5 (9), 66 - 99." type="journal article" year="1919">Stiasny, 1919</bibRefCitation>
), a feature that is missing from the present material.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFD897A46D1672FE819FA66" bold="true" box="[151,275,1838,1862]" pageId="10" pageNumber="273">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Nematocysts of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFD897A47F8672FEB88FA66" box="[446,642,1838,1862]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="273">Aurelia mozambica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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:
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Rhopaloid (A), a-Isorhiza (B) and Polyspira (C).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BAE3680FFFD897A46816774ED5DFAF7" blockId="10.[151,1436,1909,2043]" pageId="10" pageNumber="273">
Interestingly, 
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considered that the species of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFD897A45C66774EAD9FAAF" box="[896,979,1909,1935]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="273">Aurelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
recorded off 
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was probably 
<taxonomicName id="4C114D03FFFD897A43326774E82CFA93" authorityName="Brandt" authorityYear="1835" class="Scyphozoa" family="Ulmaridae" genus="Aurelia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Semaeostomeae" pageId="10" pageNumber="273" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="colpota">
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFD897A43326774E82CFA93" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="273">Aurelia colpota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but he noted that he had no evidence to support this assumption, adding rather that the species of the genus 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFD897A46A667BCE839FAF7" box="[224,307,1981,2007]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="273">Aurelia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which “have hitherto been distinguished are not sufficiently specified”.
</paragraph>
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The use of a few, traditional, morphological features to distinguish between species of 
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<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFD897A428767E0EC1EFADB" box="[1217,1300,2017,2043]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="273">Aurelia</emphasis>
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has largely proven to be inconclusive (
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFC897B47826096EBD3FD91" author="Dawson, M. N. &amp; Jacobs, D. K." box="[452,729,151,177]" pageId="11" pageNumber="274" pagination="92 - 96" refId="ref6523" refString="Dawson, M. N. &amp; Jacobs, D. K. (2001) Molecular Evidence for Cryptic Species of Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Biological Bulletin, 200, 92 - 96. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1543089" type="journal article" year="2001">Dawson &amp; Jacobs, 2001</bibRefCitation>
), but the application of quantitative morphometric analyses can provide some resolution (
<bibRefCitation id="EF804B71FFFC897B47F460BAEBAAFDF5" author="Scorrano, S. &amp; Aglieri, G. &amp; Boero, F. &amp; Dawson, M. N. &amp; Piraino, S." box="[434,672,187,213]" pageId="11" pageNumber="274" pagination="243 - 267" refId="ref7976" refString="Scorrano, S., Aglieri, G., Boero, F., Dawson, M. N. &amp; Piraino, S. (2017) Unmasking Aurelia species in the Mediterranean Sea: an integrative morphometric and molecular approach. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180, 243 - 267. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / zoj. 12494" type="journal article" year="2017">
Scorrano 
<emphasis id="B965EA92FFFC897B445960BAEB5CFDF5" box="[543,598,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="274">et al.</emphasis>
, 2017
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). Our findings here echo and build upon those of 
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in finding distinguishing characteristics that can statistically differentiate species of 
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Multiple COI trees generated in PAUP* and MEGA X all confirm the monophyly of the Mozambican clade of 
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with a minimum bootstrap support of 96%. This suggests that these 
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are distinct from the balance of species within the genus. 
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showed that when analysing COI fragments using the K2P method, mean genetic divergence within species of Discomedusae never exceeds 5.8%, this finding was echoed by 
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. Although reference to this work by 
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, indicated that this pointed towards a suitable barcoding threshold for species delimitation being 6%, the article by 
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suggests a more nuanced approach to barcoding thresholds and further highlights the value of the phylogenetic approach to molecular species delimitation. When viewed in combination with the phylogenies generated for the genus, the results of the K2P pairwise analysis, which showed a mean intragroup divergence of 4.8% and mean intergroup divergences ranging from 15–22% within the genus 
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, further indicate that the Mozambican 
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are distinct at the species level.
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