Systematics and Biogeography of the Jellyfish Aurelia labiata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa).

From: The Biological Bulletin | Date: August 1, 2001| Author: GERSHWIN, LISA-ANN | Copyright information

Abstract. The hypothesis that the common eastern North Pacific Aurelia is A. aurita is falsified with morphological analysis. The name Aurelia labiata is resurrected, and the species is redescribed, to refer to medusae differing from A. aurita by a suite of characters related to a broad and elongated manubrium. Specifically, the oral arms are short, separated by and arising from the base of the fleshy manubrium, and the planulae are brooded upon the manubrium itself, rather than on ...

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