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Bentlage, B. 2013. Description of the chirodropid box jellyfish Chiropsella rudloei sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Madagascar. Marine Biodiversity Records, Vol. 6; e118. doi:10.1017/S1755267213000924
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Bentlage, B.
2013
Description of the chirodropid box jellyfish Chiropsella rudloei sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Madagascar
Marine Biodiversity Records
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A new species of chirodropid box jellyfish belonging to the genus Chiropsella (Cubozoa: Chirodropida: Chiropsalmidae) is
described from Madagascar. In addition to being a new species from Madagascar, this represents the first record of the
genus from Africa, and more generally the Indian Ocean. So far the genus Chiropsella is represented by two species, both
of which are endemic to tropical Australian waters. The species described here most closely resembles Chiropsella bart
from Arnhem Land, Australia. However, the species from Madagascar differs from C. bart in the shape of their rhopaliar
niche ostium cover, the maximum number of tentacles, as well as their lack of pedalial keels. Furthermore, striking differences
in the size of p-rhopaloids of the tentacular cnidomes were recorded between the two species. A tabular key distinguishing the
genera of the Chiropsalmidae and the species of Chiropsella is provided.
Madagascar
Zoogeography, Biogeography (generalities), Geographic distribution
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Chiropsella rudloei Bentlage, 2013 (original description)