WoRMS taxon details
original description
Brown, M.; Scorrano, S.; Kuplik, Z.; Kuyper, D.; Ras, V.; Thibault, D.; Engelbrecht, A.; Gibbons, M. J. (2021). A new macromedusa from the coast of Mozambique: <em>Aurelia</em> <em>mozambica</em> sp. nov. (Scyphozoa: Ulmaridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4933(2): 263-276., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4933.2.5 page(s): 267-274 [details]
basis of record
Brown, M.; Scorrano, S.; Kuplik, Z.; Kuyper, D.; Ras, V.; Thibault, D.; Engelbrecht, A.; Gibbons, M. J. (2021). A new macromedusa from the coast of Mozambique: <em>Aurelia</em> <em>mozambica</em> sp. nov. (Scyphozoa: Ulmaridae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4933(2): 263-276., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4933.2.5 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis 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. [details]
Etymology ‘mozambica’ referring to the area in which the specimens were collected, Mozambique. [details]
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