WoRMS taxon details
Aurelia montyi Lawley, Gamero-Mora, Maronna, Chiaverano, Stampar, Hopcroft, Collins & Morandini, 2021
1539744 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1539744)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lawley, J. W.; Gamero-Mora, E.; Maronna, M. M.; Chiaverano, L. M.; Stampar, S. N.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Collins, A. G.; Morandini, A. C. (2021). The importance of molecular characters when morphological variability hinders diagnosability: systematics of the moon jellyfish genus Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa). <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11954., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11954
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page(s): 25 [details]
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Holotype USNM 1643581, geounit Dauphin Island
Holotype USNM 1643581, geounit Dauphin Island [details]
Etymology Named after Dr. William “Monty” Graham (Florida Institute of
Oceanography, USA), who was a pioneer in ecological...
Oceanography, USA), who was a pioneer in ecological...
Etymology Named after Dr. William “Monty” Graham (Florida Institute of
Oceanography, USA), who was a pioneer in ecological studies with Aurelia in the Gulf of
Mexico and former advisor of LMC (co-author in this study), both of which collected and
sequenced most of the specimens that belong to this species. [details]
Oceanography, USA), who was a pioneer in ecological studies with Aurelia in the Gulf of
Mexico and former advisor of LMC (co-author in this study), both of which collected and
sequenced most of the specimens that belong to this species. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Aurelia montyi Lawley, Gamero-Mora, Maronna, Chiaverano, Stampar, Hopcroft, Collins & Morandini, 2021. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1539744 on 2024-08-13
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Lawley, J. W.; Gamero-Mora, E.; Maronna, M. M.; Chiaverano, L. M.; Stampar, S. N.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Collins, A. G.; Morandini, A. C. (2021). The importance of molecular characters when morphological variability hinders diagnosability: systematics of the moon jellyfish genus Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa). <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11954., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11954
page(s): 25 [details]
page(s): 25 [details]
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Holotype USNM 1643581, geounit Dauphin Island [details]
Paratype USNM 1643582, geounit Dauphin Island [details]
Paratype USNM 1643583, geounit Dauphin Island [details]
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Diagnosis There were five diagnostic positions for 16S, 11 for COI and six for ITS1 [details]Etymology Named after Dr. William “Monty” Graham (Florida Institute of
Oceanography, USA), who was a pioneer in ecological studies with Aurelia in the Gulf of
Mexico and former advisor of LMC (co-author in this study), both of which collected and
sequenced most of the specimens that belong to this species. [details]
Synonymy Aurelia cf. sp. 2 Chiaverano, Bayha & Graham, 2016 [details]