Peruvian Register of Marine Species

PeRMS source details

Kramp, P. L. 1959a. The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Dana Report 46: 1-283.
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Kramp, P. L.
1959
The Hydromedusae of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters
Dana Report
46: 1-283
Publication
figs. 1-335, pls. 1-2
Atlantic Ocean (without specification)
Systematics, Taxonomy
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution
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Sminthea Gegenbaur, 1857 (identification resource)
 Diagnosis

Aeginopsis medusa up to 25 mm wide, hemispherical or somewhat conical, apex thick, lateral walls very thin. Stomach ... [details]

 Diagnosis

Medusa 4 mm wide, flatter than hemisphere; 12 marginal tentacles; each tentacle bulb is successively developed into ... [details]

 Habitat

surface to deep water [details]

 Status

Likely conspecific with Cuvieria carisochroma Péron, 1807 [details]

 Status

Has not been seen since its original description, all records belong to M. polydiademata. [details]

 Taxonomic remark

Hardly distinguishable from Corymorpha typica, kept separate mainly for biogeographic reasons [details]