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): 25 [details]
Holotype USNM 1643581, geounit Dauphin Island [details]
Paratype USNM 1643582, geounit Dauphin Island [details]
Paratype USNM 1643583, geounit Dauphin Island [details]
From editor or global species database
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]
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