WoRMS taxon details
original description
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): 26-27 [details]
Holotype MZUSP 8644, geounit Sao Sebastiao Channel [details]
Paratype MZUSP 8643, geounit Sao Sebastiao Channel [details]
Paratype MZUSP 8645, geounit Sao Sebastiao Channel [details]
Paratype MZUSP 8646, geounit Sao Sebastiao Channel [details]
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Diagnosis There were five diagnostic positions for 16S, four for COI and 16 for ITS1 [details]
Etymology Named after the Centro de Biologia Marinha (CEBIMar) of the University of São Paulo, situated exactly where the type specimen was collected. This center is an international reference in marine biology studies, and many of the authors in this study have depended heavily on these facilities for their education and research. [details]
Synonymy Aurelia sp. 2 Dawson & Jacobs, 2001. Dawson, 2003; Dawson, Gupta & England, 2005; Morandini et al., 2005; Ki et al., 2008; Bayha et al., 2010; Ramšak, Stopar & Malej, 2012; Dong, Liu & Liu, 2015; He et al., 2015; Chiaverano, Bayha & Graham, 2016; Scorrano et al., 2016; Gómez-Daglio & Dawson, 2017; Dong, 2018. [details]
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