WoRMS taxon details
Marivagia stellata Galil & Gershwin, 2010
766645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:766645)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Galil, B.S.; Gershwin, L.-A.; Douek, J.; Rinkevich, B. (2010). Marivagia stellata gen. et sp. nov. (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), another alien jellyfish from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions 5(4): 331–340., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.01
page(s): 333-336 [details]
page(s): 333-336 [details]
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Holotype ZMTAU TAU Co 35073, geounit Israeli part of...
Holotype ZMTAU TAU Co 35073, geounit Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin, stella – star, for the dots and star-burst like pattern on the exumbrella.
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin, stella – star, for the dots and star-burst like pattern on the exumbrella. [details]
Collins, A.G.; Morandini, A.C. (2024). World List of Scyphozoa. Marivagia stellata Galil & Gershwin, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766645 on 2024-08-24
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Galil, B.S.; Gershwin, L.-A.; Douek, J.; Rinkevich, B. (2010). Marivagia stellata gen. et sp. nov. (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), another alien jellyfish from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions 5(4): 331–340., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.01
page(s): 333-336 [details]
context source (Introduced species) Galil, B.S.; Gershwin, L.-A.; Douek, J.; Rinkevich, B. (2010). Marivagia stellata gen. et sp. nov. (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), another alien jellyfish from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions 5(4): 331–340., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.01 [details]
additional source Mamish, S.; Durgham, H.; Al-Masri, M. S. (2016). First record of the new alien sea jelly species Marivagia stellata Galil and Gershwin, 2010 off the Syrian coast. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 9(1): 23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0029-2 [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 466-469 [details]
additional source Galil, B.; Kumar, B.; Riyas, A. (2013). Marivagia stellata Galil and Gershwin, 2010 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), found off the coast of Kerala, India. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 2(4): 317-318., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2013.2.4.09 [details]
page(s): 333-336 [details]
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context source (Introduced species) Galil, B.S.; Gershwin, L.-A.; Douek, J.; Rinkevich, B. (2010). Marivagia stellata gen. et sp. nov. (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), another alien jellyfish from the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions 5(4): 331–340., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2010.5.4.01 [details]
![OpenAccess publication OpenAccess publication](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/openaccess.png)
additional source Mamish, S.; Durgham, H.; Al-Masri, M. S. (2016). First record of the new alien sea jelly species Marivagia stellata Galil and Gershwin, 2010 off the Syrian coast. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 9(1): 23., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-016-0029-2 [details]
additional source Jarms, G. & Morandini, A.C. (2019). World Atlas of Jellyfish. Dölling und Galitz Verlag, 816p.
page(s): 466-469 [details]
additional source Galil, B.; Kumar, B.; Riyas, A. (2013). Marivagia stellata Galil and Gershwin, 2010 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), found off the coast of Kerala, India. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 2(4): 317-318., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2013.2.4.09 [details]
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Holotype ZMTAU TAU Co 35073, geounit Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]Introduced species vector dispersal Syrian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israel (Nation) : Shipping [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]
From other sources
Etymology The species name is derived from the Latin, stella – star, for the dots and star-burst like pattern on the exumbrella. [details]Introduction The earliest record of Marivagia stellata Galil and Gershwin, 2010 species was initially described in 2010 from the southeastern Levantine coast of the Mediterranean Sea (Galil et al. 2010; Zaatari 2010. Later, in 2013, this species was reported from Kerala, India in the south-east of the Arabian Sea (Galil et al. 2013), and after that the species has been found off the mouth of the River Indus, Pakistan in 2014 for the first time (Gul et al. 2014). Even though the species has been discovered in the Mediterranean water before its discovery in the Indian Ocean, Galil et al. (2010) argued that M. stellata is a non-indigenous species. It is highly unlikely that a large native littoral species, markedly different from all known scyphozoans in the Mediterranean, would remain unknown until the 21 century. As the Southeastern Levant has been inundated by alien biota, it is likely M. stellata is an alien as well (Galil et al. 2010; Galil et al. 2013). It has been suggested that the origin of M. stellata species is from the Indian Ocean. It probably entered the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. [details]
Introduction It is unclear whence M. stellata has arrived; yet, the native range of nine out of ten alien species recorded off the Israeli coast is the Indo-Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean or the Red Sea (Galil 2007), and one could argue that the Indo-Pacific is a hot-spot for cepheids.
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